Laws Concerning Groundwater Pollution

Clean Water ActSafe Drinking Water Act

The Philippine Clean Water Act of

2004Republic Act 9275

Purpose

•To maintain, upkeep water bodies•To finance wastewater facilities (establish & repair)

CWA Implementing Rules andRegulations (2005)

• Ecological Sanitation or “EcoSan”‐ is an approach with theobjective of closing the nutrientloop between sanitation &agriculture.

It incorporates all of the following ecological principles:1. Conscious conservation of resources2. Recycling and reusing

3. Minimization of energy and water use4. Pollution prevention

Everyone has the right to sanitation• Everyone has the right to adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing, housing, water and sanitation.

Health safety as primordial objective• There is the need to act fast to provide all households with safe sanitation facilities.• Eliminate open defecation and indiscriminate ‘wrap and throw’.

Multi‐sectoral participation andstakeholder involvement

• Success can only be guaranteed if all stakeholders are involved in program planning, decision making and implementation.

Polluters Pay Principle

• The party generating the pollutant, like wastewater, shall be responsible and held accountable to paying for the repair of the damages done or required to prevent damages to the natural environment .

Environmental sustainability

• Sanitation facilities and infrastructures must be designed, built, used, operated and maintained in the way that they do not adversely affect the integrity and ecology of the surrounding environment.

Appropriate technology

• Sanitation facilities must be easy to construct, operate and maintain by local manpower and expertise.• As much as possible, locally available materials are utilized.

Resource conservation and Reuse

• Sanitation facilities must incorporate systems that use less energy, water, land and human resources.

Safe Sanitation for All Specially for the poorOutcomes• Improved access to safe and convenient sanitation for all• Improved sustainability of existing sanitation systems

Prioritize implementation of NSSP

Outcomes• Institutional “home” of sanitation established• Adequate budgets allocated at national and local levels• Financing strategy implemented