Authorities are studying whether legal action should be pursued over the massive wastewater spill from Universal Robina Corp. (URC) Bais Distillery in Negros Oriental, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said aside from containment measures,...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday, Nov. 2, that it was closely monitoring a massive environmental threat Negros Oriental after a wastewater spill from a collapsed containment lagoon in Bais City stained the local marine environment. Undersecretary...
Manila Water Infratech Solutions (MWIS), a Razon-led Manila Water Co. subsidiary, announced a new wastewater technology that would benefit industrial facilities, barangays, and remote residences. The water firm said on Thursday, Mar. 21, that it has piloted the I-TECH Packaged Sewage Treatment...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Filipino environmentalists are protesting the release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, August 24. Former House Deputy Speaker and environmentalist Lito Atienza Jr. called on all sectors of the Philippines to unite in protesting this,...
The Philippines has expressed no opposition to Japan's move to release into the sea the wastewaters from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines "recognizes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s technical expertise" on...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is validating the initiative of a water company to turn wastewater at world-famous Boracay Island into organic fertilizer. A TEAM from the High Value Crops Development Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) validates biosolids, the organic...
The first Modular Ecology-Friendly Domestic Wastewater (MEDOWW) Treatment System in CALABARZON is underway, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office IV-A said on Thursday, Feb. 17. (Image courtesy of DOST Regional Office IV- A) In a press statement, DOST said that it has...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has developed wastewater treatment equipment to promote the proper discharge of wastewater and address environmental pollution in the country. Turnover ceremony at the RSU Manufacturing...
The wastewater treatment plant of Clark Water Corporation (CWC), a subsidiary of Manila Water Company, Inc., is facing closure after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) threatened to not renew the company's Temporary Discharge Permit (TDP). In a statement, Clark Development...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has told shipyard users that he is bent on solving Manila Bay's water pollution problem, which the latter may be exacerbating. (Photo from Undersecretary Benny Antiporda's Facebook) This, as Antiporda held a...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda is looking into the possible contamination of Manila Bay via wastewater coming from dilapidated vessels at local shipyards. (Photo from DENR) Antiporda, the head of the Manila Bay Anti-Pollution Task Force,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has cited the growing number of adopters of green wastewater technology in Davao. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said since 2016, the DOST XI has been promoting the deployment of Vertical Helophyte Filter System (VHFS) to...
