Legislations and Regulations Related to Environmental Management

Section 22. Existing Rights (ENIPAS Act)

all existing rights, contracts, or agreements entered into by government for the utilization of natural resources within protected areas shall continue to be recognized and governed by Philippine laws.

RA 9275

Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

RA 9275

The law that provides a comprehensive water pollution control policy. Specifically, this legislative intends to apply water quality management in all water bodies in order to implement abatement and control of pollution from land-based sources.

DAO 2005-10

Implementing Rules and Regulations of Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

PD 1067

Water Code of the Philippines

DAO 1990-34

Revised Water Usage And Classification/Water Quality Criteria

DAO 1990-35

Revised Effluent Regulations of 1990

Class AA

Public Water Supply Class I

Public Water Supply Class I

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

Class A

Public Water Supply Class II

Public Water Supply Class II

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

Class B

Recreational Water Class I

Recreational Water Class I

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

Class C

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

Class D

Navigable waters

Class SA

1. Protected Waters

2. Fishery Water Class I

Protected Waters

Waters designated as national or local marine parks, reserves, sanctuaries and other areas established by law

Fishery Water Class I

Suitable for shellfish harvesting for direct human consumption

Class SB

1. Fishery Water Class II

2. Tourist Zones

3. Recreational Water Class I

Fishery Water Class II

Waters suitable for commercial propagation of shellfish and intended as spawning areas for milkfish and similar species

Tourist Zones

For ecotourism and recreational activities

Recreational Water Class I

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

Class SC

1. Fishery Water Class III

2. Recreational Water Class II

3. Marshy and or mangrove areas declared as fish and wildlife sanctuaries

Fishery Water Class III

For the propagation and growth of fish and other aquatic resources and intended for commercial and sustenance fishing

Recreational Water Class II

For boating, fishing or similar activities

Class SD

Navigable waters

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

means a measure of the approximate quantity of dissolved oxygen that will be required by bacteria to stabilize organic matter in wastewater or surface water

Coastal Water

means an open body of water along the country's coastline starting from the shorelin

Effluent

is a general term denoting any wastewater, partially or completely treated, or in its natural state, flowing out of a manufacturing plant, industrial plant or treatment plant.

In land Water

means an interior body of water or watercourse such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, creeks, etc., that has beneficial usage other than public water supply or primary contact recreation.

Mixing Zone

is the place where the effluent discharge from a point source mixes with a receiving body of water

Aquifer

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

Contamination

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

Discharge

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

Effluent

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

Effluent Standard

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

Freshwater

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

Groundwater

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

Hazardous waste

means any waste or combination of wastes of solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semi-solid form which cause, or contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness

Industrial Waste

means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste material with no commercial value released by a manufacturing or processing plant other than excluded material

Septage

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

Sewage

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 maybe present including such waste from vessels, offshore structures, other receptacles intended to receive or retain wastes, or other places or the combination thereof.

Sewarage

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 accessory thereto, which involves the collection, transport, pumping and treatment of sewage to a point of disposal.

Sludge

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.S

Surface water

means all water which is open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff

Treatment

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

Waste

means any material either solid, liquid, semisolid, 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.

Wastewater

means waste in liquid state containing pollutants

Water body

means both natural and man-made bodies of fresh, brackish, and saline waters, and includes, but is not limited to, aquifers, groundwater, springs, creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, lagoons, water reservoirs, lakes, bays, estuarine, coastal and marine waters.

Water pollution

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.

Water quality

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.R

RA 6969

Philippine Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act

Philippine Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act

This Act mandates the regulation, restriction, or prohibition of the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health and the environment.

DAO 92-29

Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 6969

RA 9003

Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (PESWMA) of 2000

Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (PESWMA) of 2000

The law was passed with the aim of adopting a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management program

DAO 2000

Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9003