Philippines to Launch Water Quality Management Areas

The Philippines’ Environment and Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is to introduce water quality management areas in Tuguegarao and Penablanca.

The DENR, with official and residential stakeholders, will address issues regarding water quality, sources of pollution and the beneficial use of the receiving water body.

Each water quality management area will have a governing board, which will primarily serve as the area’s planning, monitoring and coordinating body.

The governing board will also review the water quality management area action plan prepared by the Environment and Management Bureau.