Abratiguin_BSEnE3B_Activity1 Understanding RA 9275_EnE 314.docx

Name: Abratiguin, Jackelou P. Date Started: _______________
Course & Year: BSEnE-3B Date Finished: ______________
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Understanding Republic Act 9275
Activity 1
Introduction:
The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275) intends to protect the
country's water bodies from pollution caused by land-based sources such as industry and
commercial enterprises, agriculture, and community/household activities. As early as 1996,
monitoring of the country’s rivers showed that only 51% of the classified rivers still met the
standards for their most beneficial use. It mandates the Bureau to formulate and implement
policies and strengthen partnerships with stakeholders to improve water quality in all parts of the
country. It encourages pollution prevention and waste minimization at source and provides for
the use of economic incentives and public disclosure to ensure compliance. The rest were
already polluted from domestic, industrial and agricultural sources. It proposes a multi-sectoral
and participative approach engaging all stakeholders to develop a comprehensive and
integrated strategy to avoid and reduce pollution. This Act establishes water quality standards
and regulations, as well as pollution abatement and control from land-based sources. The Act
will govern the management of water quality in all bodies of water, including fresh, brackish, and
marine waters. The State's policy shall be to prevent, control, and abate pollution of the
country's water resources. Promote environmental strategies for the protection of water
resources formulate a national program of water quality management and promote
environmentally friendly and energy efficient commercial and industrial processes and products
and so on.
The Act, among other things, requires the Department to designate water quality
management areas in collaboration with the National Water Resources Board, as well as the
designation of water bodies where specific pollutants from natural or man-made sources have
already exceeded water quality guidelines as non-attainment areas for the exceeded pollutants
a national sewerage and septic management program, domestic sewage collection, treatment,
disposal and a national program on sewerage and septic management. An Act providing for a
comprehensive water quality management and for other purposes. This Act provides for the
abatement and control of pollution from land based sources, and lays down water quality
standards and regulations.