What is the latest regarding the Manila Bay rehabilitation?
The President a few weeks ago revealed that
the government cannot totally clean the coliform levels in Manila Bay but can
only reduce it, because the two giant concessionaires failed to set up sewerage
treatment plants (STPs). ( pls see Manila Water and Maynilad is the cause of
Manila Bay's contamination – Duterte )
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) have announced that the coliform levels in the waters of Manila
Bay have “drastically decreases” a year after the rehabilitation efforts have
been launched dubbed as “Battle for Manila Bay.”
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| Manila Bay's famous sun set (photo credit to owner) |
As per the data from the DENR’s
Environmental Management Bureau (EMG), Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said
that fecal coliform count in one part of the bay, the Padre Faura outfall, is
now at 920,000 most probable number per 100 milliliter (mpn/100ml).
The present number is a drastic decrease
compared to last year’s record of 7.21 million mpn/100ml.
The Raja Soliman/Remedios drainage outfall,also went down compared to last year prior to the launched of the rehab record of 110 million mpn/100ml.
“Battle for Manila Bay” is a three year
program that aims to rehabilitate Manila Bay for the next three years to
restore its known glorious days.
A total of P42.95 billion has been
allocated for its implementation of the program. Thirteen government agencies
are also involved in the rehab plan as tasked by the Supreme Court (SC) through
a writ of Mandamus issued last 2008.
“There is reason to celebrate because a
year after we launched the ‘Battle for Manila Bay,’ we have recorded
significant improvements in the water quality from major drainage outfalls,”
Cimatu said in a statement.
The rehab aims to
bring down the coliform level to the accepted level of 100 mpn/100 ml.
Before undergoing rehabilitation the
coliform level in the bay was recorded to have a coliform level of 330 million
mph/100 ml.
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