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WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR COLIFORM AND OTHER RELEVANT PARAMETERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR COLIFORM AND OTHER RELEVANT PARAMETERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. Ella S. Deocadiz Environmental Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources June 2004. OBJECTIVES OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE PHILIPPINES.

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WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR COLIFORM AND OTHER RELEVANT PARAMETERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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  1. WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR COLIFORM AND OTHER RELEVANT PARAMETERS IN THE PHILIPPINES Ella S. Deocadiz Environmental Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources June 2004 v1/23m04

  2. OBJECTIVES OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE PHILIPPINES -To protect the environment and human health from the effects of low water quality; -To establish baseline data and provide the latest/updated information on the quality of bathing beaches; -To check if water quality of water bodies meet the officially promulgated water quality objectives and criteria; and -To initiate corrective and other actions to improve water quality. v1/23m04

  3. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA Rules and Regulations (DAO 34/1990) Classification and Relevant Beneficial Uses related to recreational waters -Class B: Recreational Water Class I. For primary contact recreation such as bathing, swimming, skin diving, etc. (particularly those designated for tourism purposes) -Class SB: Recreational Water Class I. Areas regularly used by the public for bathing, swimming, skin diving, etc. v1/23m04

  4. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA Rules and Regulations (DAO 34/1990) Classification and Relevant Beneficial Uses related to recreational waters -Class C: Recreational Water Class II. For boating, etc. -Class SC: Recreational Water Class II. For boating, etc. v1/23m04

  5. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA Recreational criteria values for selected parameters Class B Class C Coliform, Fecal, MPN/100mL 200 - Coliform, Total, MPN/100 mL 1,000 5,000 DO, mg/L 5.0 5.0 DO, % saturation 70 60 pH 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 Temperature, max. rise in deg. C 3 3 v1/23m04

  6. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA Recreational criteria values for selected parameters Class SB Class SC Coliform, Fecal, MPN/100mL 200 - Coliform, Total, MPN/100 mL 1,000 5,000 DO, mg/L 5.0 5.0 DO, % saturation 70 70 pH 6.0-8.5 6.0-8.5 Temperature, max. rise in deg. C 3 3 v1/23m04

  7. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES Manila Bay Period covered : 1985-1991; 1996-present Parameters: Fecal and total coliform, DO, pH, Temperature, Heavy metals, Nutrients, Oil and grease, Salinity, Temperature, POPs Media : Seawater, Sediment, Shellfish, Benthos v1/23m04

  8. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES Frequency: Bathing Water Quality in Eastern & Western Manila Bay Seawater - Fecal and total coliform (Monthly) Heavy Metals & POPs Analyses in Shellfishes Shellfish - Heavy metals (As, Cu, Hg, Pb) [Quarterly-1985- 1991; Semi annually - 1996-present] - POPs (Semi-annually every 3 years,1996-present) v1/23m04

  9. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES Frequency: Offshore Water Quality Monitoring Sediment Heavy metals, i.e. As, Cu, Hg, Pb (Quarterly) POPs (Semi-annually every 3 years, 1996 – present) Seawater DO, Nutrients, Oil and grease, pH, Salinity, Temperature (Quarterly) Benthos (Semi-annually, 1996 - present) v1/23m04

  10. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES Frequency: Central Outfall Monitoring Seawater DO, pH, Fecal and total coliform, Salinity, Temperature (Monthly/Quarterly) Southern Outfall Monitoring Seawater DO, Fecal and total coliform, pH, Salinity, Temperature (Monthly/Quarterly) v1/23m04

  11. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES Other Beach Areas: 20 bays/resorts (until 2003) 57 major bathing beaches (1st quarter of 2004) Period covered: 2003 - present Parameters: Fecal and total coliform, DO, pH, Temperature, TDS, TS, TSS, BOD, Color, Phosphate, Turbidity Follow up action: - LGUs advised on areas exceeding water quality criteria (WQC) for bathing purposes - On-going monitoring activities v1/23m04

  12. WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES MMT – Nationwide, for ECPs Period covered : 1990 - present Parameters: General: BOD, Oil and Grease, pH, Temperature,TSS Other parameters: Fecal & total coliform, DO, etc. depending on project type) Follow up action: Proponent officially informed re: exceedances to institute mitigating measures; if proponent takes no action within specified period, EMB issues NOV in consultation with EQD/PAB v1/23m04

  13. CAPABILITY OF EMB LABORATORIES IN WATER QUALITY MONITORING Fecal and Total Coliform 6 labs (Total = 17) DO all labs pH all labs Temperature all labs v1/23m04

  14. CAPABILITY OF DENR RECOGNIZED LABORATORIES IN WATER QUALITY MONITORING Fecal and Total Coliform 20 labs (Total = 31) DO 26 labs pH 31 labs Temperature 23 labs v1/23m04

  15. ISSUES/RECOMMENDATIONS -Sustainability of beach monitoring -Involvement of other stakeholders -Adoption of other monitoring parameters that could be measured by other stakeholders (e.g., litter, macro biota, etc.) -Adoption and use of more rapid testing methods for microbiological monitoring, i.e., < 24 h turnaround time -Capacity building for monitoring and identification of solutions to pollution problems in beaches. v1/23m04

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