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WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
IN THE CONTEXT OF BASIN
MANAGEMENT
A Presentation made for the

3rd WEPA‐NARBO Joint Workshop
21-23 September 2011
Mandarin Oriental Manila
Phili i sPhilippines

JOSE K. CARIÑO III, MPM, CESE
Department Head
Resource Management and Development

I. Spatial Development Master Plan Framework
for the Laguna de Bay Basin••

A Confluence of Problems
Key Issues and Strategic Interventions

II. Integrated Watershed Management Program
as a Response to Water Q
Quality/alit / Poll
Pollution/tion/Groundwater1

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Framework for Laguna de Bay Basin
LandPland andd Lake
k Water Physicalhl Developmentll

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EXISTING USES OF LAGUNA DE BAY BASIN –METRO MANILA – MANILA BAY ECOSYSTEMS

Problems of the Lake3

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Confluence of Problems
Denuded Watersheds

Flooding Hazard
Conflicting Water Uses

Lack of Economic Opportunities

Vulnerable Communities
Deteriorating Water Quality

By 2020, Laguna de Bay Basin is a sustainable multi‐
use and high value resource, and an engine for
ecologically‐sensitive development.
• Rehabilitated and protected asresources, andWATERSHED water
sustainable source of economic
assets• Protected buffer zone
SHORELAND • Secure, productive,environmentally‐conscious ,plakeshore
empoweredcommunity stakeholders• Healthy ecosystem to sustain life

LAKE & RIVERS and host complementary uses
Integrated Lake Basin Authority co‐management
by stakeholders, financially independent4

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LAKE BASIN STRATEGIC POLICY AREAS• Promote integrated lakebasin management• Pursue interventions in areas
needing remediation, pro‐active conservation, andareas for demonstrating lake‐sensitive developments• Build on existing gains ofearlier interventions• Define trans‐boundary
resources forf stronger co‐
management and citizen‐
based approaches
Protection/ Conservation
Rehabilitation
Lake‐Sensitive Development

Land Use
Changes inLaguna de BayBasin5

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DENUDED SUB‐WATERSHEDSFLOOD HAZARD

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SCOPE OF SRATEGIC POLICY AREAS
Protection/Conservation

Rehabilitation

Lake‐sensitiveDevelopment

Areas declared for protection by existing laws
and needing proactive conservation measures.
These cover:• Remaining forest cover (reserved andproduction forests)• Centrall bbay (including( l d fishf h sanctuary))• Buffer zones of water bodies
Areas needing special and immediate
rehabilitation and restoration. These cover:• Denuded watersheds• Critical river tributaries• Shoreland and salvage zone (floodedareas)• West bay
 Areas where sustainable economic support isneeded and where LLDA can demonstrate its
strategic economic investments. These cover:• South and East bays
• Shoreland ‐Green Development Zone
• Other Lands suitable for mixed uses

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
1. Intensify protection of remaining lake basin resources to prevent
degradation
2. Improve and protect lake water quality through an integratednetworkt
k off environmental
it l measures
3. Abate denudation and promote ecologically‐sensitive land resourceuses
4. Mitigate impacts of flooding and climate‐induced hazards throughsustainable infrastructure and non‐infrastructure interventions
5. Reduce vulnerability of the lakeshore communities and model
sustainable settlements
6. Rationalize lake water uses through prudent demand‐supplymanagement
7. Harness LdB water and land resources as sustainable economic
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Interventions

DETERIORATING WATER QUALITY

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CONFLICTING WATER USES921/09/2011

Integrated Watershed
Management Program as aResponse to:Watershed Degradation
Water Quality/ Pollution
GGroundwaterd
SScarcity/Depletioni /l iFlooding

DESIGNATING THE
TWENTY FOUR (24) SUBSUB-WATERSHEDSOF THE LAGUNA DE BAY BASIN AS SUBSUB-WATERQUALITY MANAGEMENT AREAS (SUB(SUB-WQMAs)
andd

APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN
INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM(IWMP) FOR THE LAGUNA DE BAY SUBSUB--BASINS

Board Resolution No. 414, S.201110

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Development and Institutionalization of the IWMP at the Sub-basin Level

Integrated Watershed Management Framework
Designation of
Sub‐WQMALGUs

Review of Policies,
Institutional
Arrangement andCapacities andIssuance of NewPolicies

BusinessSector

WaterUtilities

NGAs

Productivewatersheds,
clean rivers,
healthy lake

NGOs

Performance
Monitoring

Creation ofWatershed
ManagementCouncil

Watershed
Characterizationandd Assessment
At

Development ofsub‐WQMA action
plan
Sustainablefinancing strategies

Managementstrategies

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Integrated Watershed Management Program

Strategies and Approaches
 Designation of 24 sub-basins into sub-WQMAs through
LLDA Board Resolution
 Creation of Watershed Management Councils
 IntegratedI tt dWWatershedt h d PlPlanningi andd Development
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Water Quality/Pollution
Groundwater Scarcity/Depletion
Flooding
Watershed Degradation

 Implementation of planned interventions
 Pilot program implementation in the Santa Rosa andMarikina Sub-basins Reforestation in support of National Greening Program(Executive Order No. 26)“Laguna de Bay therefore cannot be subjected tofragmented
fd concepts off management policies
li iwherehlakeshore local government units exercise dominion overspecific portions of the lake water. The garbage thrownor sewage discharged into the lake, abstraction of waterfrom the lake or construction of fish pens by enclosing
certain areas thereat, affect not only the specific portion
but the entire 900 km2 of lake waters.
watersThe
implementation of a cohesive and integrated lake water
resource management policy, therefore, is necessary toconserve, protect and sustainably develop Laguna deBay.”12

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Jose K. Carino III
Resource Management and Development Department (RMDD)
Km 70 Barangay Bangyas, Calauan, Laguna
Telefax: + 63 49 568 0099
Email: jkcarino@gmail.com

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