9275 Definition Of Terms

Question 1

— means a layer of water-bearing rock located underground that transmits water in sufficient quantity to supply pumping wells or natural springs.

Answer 1

Aquifer

Question 2

— means all organisms living in freshwater, brackish and marine environments.

Answer 2

Aquatic life

Question 3

— means the use of the environment or any element or segment thereof conducive to public or private welfare, safety and health; and shall include, but not be limited to, the use of water for domestic, municipal, irrigation, power generation, fisheries, livestock raising, industrial, recreational and other purposes.

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Beneficial use

Question 4

— means non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs).

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Civil Society

Question 5

— means the application of an integrated, preventive environmental strategy to processes, products, services to increase efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment.

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Cleaner production

Question 6

— means activities involving the removal of pollutants discharged or spilled into a water body and its surrounding areas, and the restoration of the affected areas to their former physical, chemical and biological state or conditions.

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Clean-up operations

Question 7

— means the introduction of substances not found in the natural composition of water that make the water less desirable or unfit for intended use.

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Contamination

Question 8

Department — means the

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Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Question 9

— includes, but is not limited to, the act of spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, releasing or dumping of any material into a water body or onto land from which it might flow or drain into said water.

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Discharge

Question 10

— means water intended for human consumption or for use in food preparation.

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Drinking water

Question 11

— means any unauthorized or illegal disposal into any body of water or land of wastes or toxic or hazardous material: Provided, That it does not mean a release of effluent coming from commercial, industrial, and domestic sources which are within the effluent standards.

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Dumping

Question 12

— means discharges from known source which is passed into a body of water or land, or wastewater flowing out of a manufacturing plant, industrial plant including domestic, commercial and recreational facilities.

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Effluent

Question 13

— means any legal restriction or limitation on quantities, rates, and/or concentrations or any combination thereof, of physical, chemical or biological parameters of effluent which a person or point source is allowed to discharge into a body of water or land.

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Effluent standard

Question 14

— means the entire system which includes, but is not limited to, conservation, regulation and minimization of pollution, clean production, waste management, environmental law and policy, environmental education and information, study and mitigation of the environmental impacts of human activity, and environmental research.

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Environmental management

Question 15

— means the part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy.

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Environmental management system

Question 16

— means water containing less than 500 ppm dissolved common salt, sodium chloride, such as that in groundwater, rivers, ponds and lakes.

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Freshwater

Question 17

— means a subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in soils and rocks, or in geological formations.

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Groundwater

Question 18

— means relative ease with which a contaminant located at or near the land surface can migrate to the aquifer or deep well.

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Groundwater vulnerability

Question 19

— means the identified areas of the land surface where groundwater quality is most at risk from human activities and shall reflect the different degrees of groundwater vulnerability based on a range of soil properties and hydrogeological criteria to serve as guide in the protection of the groundwater from contamination.

Answer 19

Groundwater vulnerability map

Question 20

— means the policy guideline integrating all the existing frameworks prepared by all government agencies on water quality involving pollution from all sources. Specifically, the framework shall contain the following: (a) water quality goals and targets; (b) period of compliance; (c) water pollution control strategies and techniques; (d) water quality information and education program; and (e) human resources development program.

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Integrated Water Quality Management Framework

Question 21

— means a landward and outer limiting edge adjacent to the border of any water bodies or a limit beyond where saturation zone ceases to exist.

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Margin

Question 22

— means any source of pollution not identifiable as point source to include, but not be limited to, run-off from irrigation or rainwater which picks up pollutants from farms and urban areas.

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Non point source

Question 23

— means any identifiable source of pollution with specific point of discharge into a particular water body.

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Point source

Question 24

— means pollution control devices or apparatus, processes, or other means that effectively prevent, control or reduce pollution of water caused by effluents and other discharges, from any point source at levels within the water pollution standards.

Answer 24

Pollution control technology

Question 25

— includes isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, and other disposable medical equipment and material that may pose a risk to the public health, welfare or the marine environment.

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Potentially infectious medical waste

Question 26

— means the sludge produced on individual onsite wastewater-disposal systems, principally septic tanks and cesspools.

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Septage

Question 27

— means water-borne human or animal wastes, excluding oil or oil wastes, removed from residences, buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial establishments together with such groundwater, surface water and storm water as may be present including such waste from vessels, offshore structures, other receptacles intended to receive or retain wastes, or other places or the combination thereof.

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Sewage

Question 28

— includes, but is not limited to, any system or network of pipelines, ditches, channels, or conduits including pumping stations, lift stations and force mains, service connections including other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, which involves the collection, transport, pumping and treatment of sewage to a point of disposal.

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Sewerage

Question 29

— means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste or residue generated from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or water control pollution facility, or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects.

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Sludge

Question 30

— means any method, technique, or process designed to alter the physical, chemical or biological and radiological character or composition of any waste or wastewater to reduce or prevent pollution.

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Treatment

Question 31

— means any material either solid, liquid, semi-solid, contained gas or other forms resulting from industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural operations, or from community and household activities that is devoid of usage and discarded.

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Waste

Question 32

— means any alteration of the physical, chemical or biological or radiological properties of a water body resulting in the impairment of its purity or quality.

Answer 32

Water pollution

Question 33

— means the characteristics of water which define its use in terms of physical, chemical, biological, bacteriological or radiological characteristics by which the acceptability of water is evaluated.

Answer 33

Water quality