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1
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what RA is water quality guidelines under?

A

RA 9275

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2
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RA 9275 is also known as?

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Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

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Water Quality Guidelines and General Effluent Standards

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DAO 2016-08

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4
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Water Code of the Philippines

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PD 1067 of 1976

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5
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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

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6
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designated areas of management of water quality using appropriate physiographic units such as watershed, river basins, or water resources regions

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water quality management areas (WQMA)

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7
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what section is water quality guidelines under?

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section 6

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8
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what is under Class AA of Freshwater?

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Public Water Supply Class I

Intended primarily for waters having watersheds, which are uninhibited and/or otherwise declared as protected areas, and which require only approved disinfection to meet the latest
PNSDW

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9
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What is under Class A of Freshwater?

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Public Water Supply Class II

Intended as sources of water supply requiring conventional treatment
(coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection) to meet the latest PNSDW

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10
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conventional treatments of water supply:

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coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection

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11
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What is under Class B of Freshwater?

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Recreational Water Class I

Intended for primary contact recreation (bathing, swimming, etc.)

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12
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What is under Class C of freshwater?

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  1. Fishery Water for the propagation and growth of
    fish and other aquatic resources
  2. Recreational Water Class II For boating, fishing, or similar activities
  3. For agriculture, irrigation, and livestock watering
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13
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What is under Class D of freshwater?

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Navigable waters

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What is under Class SA of marine waters?

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  1. Protected Waters - Waters designated as national or local marine parks, reserves, sanctuaries, and other
    areas established by law
  2. Fishery Water Class I - Suitable for shellfish harvesting for direct human consumption
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What is under Class SB of marine waters?

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  1. Fishery Water Class II - Waters suitable for commercial propagation of shellfish and intended as spawning areas for milkfish and similar species
  2. Tourist Zones - For ecotourism and recreational activities
  3. Recreational Water Class I - Intended for primary contact recreation (bathing, swimming, skin diving,
    etc.)
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16
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What is under class SC of marine waters?

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  1. Fishery Water Class III - For the propagation and growth of fish and other aquatic resources and intended for commercial and sustenance fishing
  2. Recreational Water Class II - For boating, fishing, and similar activities
  3. Marshy and/or mangrove areas declared as fish and wildlife sanctuaries
17
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What is under Class SD?

A

Navigable Waters

18
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For unclassified water bodies, classification shall be based on the _______ as determined by __________

A

beneficial use ; environmental management bureau (EMB)

19
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water quality samples shall be taken within what time range?

A

9 am to 4 pm

20
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what does “MPN/100mL” mean?

A

Most Probable Number per 100 milliliter

21
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what does TCU mean?

A

True color unit

22
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maximum increase in the temperature of water according to WQG

23
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metal content in water are expressed as:

A

total metals

24
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what does CAS mean?

A

Chemical Abstract Service

25
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what does IUPAC mean?

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

26
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what does MBAS mean?

A

Methylene Blue Active Substances

27
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annual average data sets for primary parameters

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at least 10 data sets

28
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primary parameters

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BOD
DO
pH
temp
color
TSS
Chloride
Phosphate
Nitrate as NO3-N
Fecal coliform

29
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annual average data sets for secondary inorganic parameters

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at least 4 data sets

30
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geometric mean of at least _______ per ________ for fecal coliform

A

3 data sets ; per quarter

31
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WQG for sources of potable water and other domestic use

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Adopt Class A WCG (except BOD and DO)

32
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WQG for bathing and primary contact recreation

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Adopt Class B WQG (Except BOD and DO)

33
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WQG for irrigation, fish culture, livestock watering

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Adopt Class C WQG (except BOD, DO, and TSS)

34
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what section is general effluent standards under?

35
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what does NDA mean?

A

No Discharge Allowed

36
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what water body classification are under NDA?

37
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Effluent standards for BOD

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