Water Testing Laboratory Laws Flashcards
Source of water in Bokod, Benguet
Ambuklao Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant
Among largest dams in country
Ambuklao Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant
Ambuklao Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant used for:
GIF
Generation of hydroelectric power in Baguio and some areas in Central Luzon
Irrigation
Flood Control
Source of water in Isabela
Magat Dam
Sources of water for Metro Manila
ILA (manILA)
Ipo Dam
La Mesa Dam
Angat Dam
Water supply in spec. areas are utilized for:
AID
agriculture - for irrigation
industries - for factories, finished products, and industrual plants and mines
domestic use - for daily consumption of residents and households
o Alternative supporting agencies of the government
o Main Concern: Provision of social services and basic
needs like water to communities
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
o Include cooperatives, barangay water services
associations, rural water supply associations
o Cater different barangays within the same locality
Community-based Organizations
Management, provision, maintenance of water
supply to districts devolved to the LGU and LWUA
Local Government Units
o Government- funded and –controlled municipal
entities
o Supplies water to different cities and municipalities
outside Manila
Water districts
o Comprise the homeowner associations, individual
entrepreneurs, and real estate developers
o Supply water to the different cities and municipalities
in Manila and Cebu
Small-Scale Independent Providers
o Corporations that operate within Metro Manila
o Extension of the services rendered by the Maynilad
Water Services, Inc. (MWSI) and Manila Water
Company, Inc. (MWCI)
o Pursue the government’s thrust of privatizing basic
water services
Large-Scale Private Operators
They may enter the sewage system and
untreated wastes. They make sewage
system their habitat.
EX: bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites
Biological
Pollutants
Usually occurs when population of
bacteria lives in these wastes, depleting
oxygen levels in the water
Oxygendemanding
Wastes
When present in drinking water, these
pollutants may cause diseases or
infections.
EX: acid, base, salt, toxic metals
Water-soluble
Inorganic
Pollutants
Comprise water soluble nitrates and
phosphates that usually deplete oxygen
supply in the water. These compounds
may cause eutrophication*
Nutrients
They may become suspended particles
on the water’s surface and render it unfit
for drinking.
EX: oils, plastics, and pesticides.
Organic
Substances
Also known as the Code Sanitation Act of the
Philippines
PD 856
Enacted to promote healthy and safe consumption of
water.
PD 856
What section in PD 856
The authority to promulgate rules and regulations is vested
in the Secretary of the Department of Health
Section 4
what article in PD 856 I talks about the standards and procedures
regarding the microbiological and chemical analysis of
drinking water.
Article II
Title of Section 13 of PD 856
Other Protective Measures
Washing clothes or bathing within a radius of __ meters
from any well or other source of drinking water is
prohibited.
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What Prescribes the rules and regulations governing the
accreditation of water analysis laboratories
AO 31, S. 1979
What PD is the 1976 NATIONAL
WATER CODE
PD 1067
When did it take effect
December 31, 1976
Under what regime was PD 1076
Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
Enacted on the premise that all waters of the Philippines
belong to the state.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1067: 1976 NATIONAL
WATER CODE
Designed to revise and consolidate the utilization,
ownership, appropriation, development, exploitation,
conservation, and exploitation of natural resources.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1067: 1976 NATIONAL
WATER CODE
What did PD 1067 create to control and regulate the water
resources in the country
National Water Resources
Council (NWRC)
What RA is THE PHILIPPINE WATER ACT
OF 2004
RA 9275
• Provides consistent protection, preservation, and revival of
quality of water system in the Philippines.
• Mandates a comprehensive water quality management
policy amidst economic growth.
• Its main focus is the water quality managemment system and
international mechanisms and standards
REPUBLIC ACT 9275: THE PHILIPPINE WATER ACT
OF 2004
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
RA 9275
Date of RA 9275
March 22, 2004
RA 9275 shall be known as
Philippine Clean Water
Act of 2004
The Department, in coordination with __________, shall designate certain
areas as water quality management areas using
appropriate physiographic units such as watershed,
river basins or water resources regions.
National Water Resources Board (NWRB)
How many members should there be in NWRB
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a) One (1) member shall be a member of the
Philippines Bar;
b) One (1) member shall be a Chemical Engineer,
Chemist, Sanitary Engineer, Environmental
Engineer or Ecologist or significant training and
experience in chemistry;
c) One (1) member shall be a Civil Engineer or
Hydrologist or Significant training and experience
in closely related fields and experience on ground
water, respectively; and
d) One (1) member shall be a Geologist, Biologist, or
significant training and experience in closely
related fields.
The areas within the jurisdiction of the Laguna Lake
Development Authority (LLDA) shall be designated
as one management area under the administration
of LLDA in accordance with R.A. ________, as
amended:
RA 4850
The Department shall, in coordination with ___, _____, ____, ____, ____
shall take such measures as may be necessary to
upgrade the quality of such water in nonattainment
areas to meet the standards under which it has
been classified.
NWRB,
Department of Health (DOH), Department of
Agriculture (DA), governing board and other
concerned government agencies and private sectors
The Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH), through its relevant attached agencies, in
coordination with the Department, local government
units (LGUs) and other concerned agencies, shall,
as soon as possible, but in no case exceeding a period
of __________ months from the affectivity of this Act,
prepare a national program on sewerage and
septage management in connection with Section 8
hereof.
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Within ____ years following the effectivity of this Act,
the Agency vested to provide water supply and
sewerage facilities and/or concessionaires in
Metro Manila and other highly urbanized cities
(HUCs) as defined in Republic Act No. 7160, in
coordination with LGUs, shall be required to connect
the existing sewage line found in all subdivisions,
condominiums, commercial centers, hotels, sports
and recreational facilities, hospitals, market places,
public buildings, industrial complex and other
similar establishments including households to
available sewerage system.
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Within ______ months from the effectivity of
this Act, and every _____ years thereafter, the
Department shall, through due public consultation,
revise and publish a list of categories of industry sector
for which effluent standards will be provided for each
significant wastewater parameter per industry sector.
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