Updates on Industrial Wastewater
Management in the PHILIPPINES
ENGR. WILMA R. UYACODIVISION CHIEF, CLEARANCE AND PERMITTING
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU
National Capital Region

The 18th WEPA Annual Meeting
8 February 2023

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION
INDUSTRY SOURCES
Sugar Mills
Pulp and Paper Mills
Alcohol Distillery
Glass Manufacturing
Food Processing
Copper Smelting
Cement Kilns
Plastic and ConsumerProducts

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
INDUSTRY SOURCES OF WATER POLUTION
Per DAO 2016-08

INDUSTRY CATEGORY based on DAO 2016-08

AAgriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Animal Production

BMining and Quarrying

CManufacturing
57 Types of Manufacturing Plant

DElectricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning
8 Industry Type

EWater Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation
Activities
5 Industry Types

GWholesale and Retail Trade, Repair od Motor Vehicles andMotorcycles

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
INDUSTRY SOURCES OF WATER POLUTION
Per DAO 2016-08

INDUSTRY CATEGORY based on DAO 2016-08

HTransportation and StorageIAccommodation and Food Services

L

Real Estate Activities

M

Professional , Scientific and Technical Activities

PEducation

Q

Human Health and Social WorksS

Other Service Activities
Other Activities
Public Markets

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
INDUSTRY SOURCES OF WATER POLUTION
During the recent celebration of the Philippine Water Week on
March 22, 2022, Wastewater Treatment Best Practices Forum,
the EMB CO Director stated the following:
Based on the Data from 25 Sept 2017 to 31 January 2022of the EMB,
• Domestic Sewage accounts for 47.09% of the total
classification of Wastewater Treatment Facilities(WTF) nationwide,• Commercial at 27.35%• Industrial at 22.01%• Centralized Treatment Facilities at 0..54%

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
IMPACTS ON THE WATER ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
SOURCES

Water Pollution/Water Quality Deterioration
effluent from commercial and industrial establishments contribute to anincrease in pollution load to any form of water body.

Fish Kills
can occur as a result of low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in water,abnormal shifts in temperature, deteriorating water quality, or diseasecausing organisms.
Reported fish kills that occurred from 2014 to 2019 are in Table next slide.

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
IMPACTS ON THE WATER ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SOURCES

1. Overview of industrial waste water as pollution
sources
IMPACTS ON THE WATER ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
SOURCESRed Tide

Red tide is a term used to describe all phenomena which the water
is discolored by high algal biomass or concentration of algae.
Chemicals from farming, factories, sewage treatment plants andother sources can become dissolved in water on the land andeventually flows into the ocean and can cause algae to growfaster, leading to red tides.
Red Tide incident in the Bicol Region has been reported on Oct7, 2022. – Coastal areas in two provinces in Bicol are positive forred tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) reported.

2. Regulatory framework for industrial waste
water management
Republic Act (RA) 9275 or the Philippine Clean
Water Act of 2004 and its Implementing Rules andRegulations (IRR) is the principal regulation providing
for a comprehensive water quality management.
Among the supplementary regulations promulgatedby the DENR and its attached bureaus and agencies
from 2014 to 2022 are:

2. Regulatory framework for industrial waste
water management

2. Regulatory framework for industrial waste
water management

2. Regulatory framework for industrial waste
water management
Water Quality Management Policies and Regulations Issued from 2014 to 2022
DAO 2016-08

Water Quality Guidelines and General Effluent Standards of2016

EMB Memo Circular
No 006 Series of2020

Clarification In The Implementation Of Rules 13.8 and 13.18
of DENR Administrative Order No. 2005-10(Re Exemption from DP System) and WDFEMB Memo Circular2021-01

Clarification On the Implementation of Section 10 Of theDENR Administrative Order No. 2016-08.
The grace period was lifted on June 18, 2021

DAO 2021-19
Updated Water
Quality Guidelines(WQG) and General
Effluent Standards(GES) For SelectedParameters

This was issued to update the water quality guidelines forselected parameters based on the current classification of
the water bodies and on its beneficial use. The effluent
standards for selected parameters are updated based on its
perceived impacts to the activities in the area and theenvironment

2. Regulatory framework for industrial waste
water management
Several other laws and policies have also been promulgated by
the national government and other government agencies insupport to DENR’s mandate on water quality management:

3. Industrial effluent standards
Guidelines:
1. Please indicate current industrial effluent standards in yourcountry;
2. Please specify target industries (all types or select particular
types or sizes of industries) and structure of the standards;
3. Please clarify the water quality values to apply the standards(e.g., daily average, monthly average, maximum);4. Please mention basic concept, or philosophy, for setting thestandard values (e.g, based on concerning citizen's health andeconomic activities, referencing international organization'sguidance, etc.);
5. Please indicate source documents for the standards;
6. Please use table or figure to visualize information.

3. Industrial effluent standards
DAO 2016-08 Water Quality Guidelines and General
Effluent Standards of 2016
• Discharges from any point source shall at all-times

meet the general effluent standards.

• Applies to all point sources of pollution, regardless ofvolume• The GES shall be used regardless of the industry
category.
• Effluent used for agricultural purposes shall conformto the DA Administrative Order No. 2007-26.

3. Industrial effluent standards
DAO 2021-19

Updated Water Quality Guidelines(WQG) and General Effluent Standards(GES) For Selected Parameters.
https://emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DAO-2021-19-UPDATED-WQG-AND-GES-FOR-SELECTED-PARAM.pdf

3. Industrial effluent standards
DAO 2021-19

Updated Water Quality Guidelines(WQG) and General Effluent Standards(GES) For Selected Parameters.

3. Industrial effluent standards
DAO 2021-19

Updated Water Quality Guidelines (WQG)
and General Effluent Standards (GES) For
Selected Parameters.

4. Status of effluent monitoring/inspection
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EFFLUENT MONITORING

The implementation of the Clean Water Act is caried out by the17 Administrative Regions:4. Status of effluent monitoring/inspection
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EFFLUENT MONITORING
EMB mission is to restore, protect, and enhance environmental
quality towards good public health, environmental integrity, andeconomic viability including the protection, preservation, andrevival of the quality of the country’s fresh, brackish, and marine
waters by implementing the other activities, among others:• Formulate policies and guidelines• Issuance of Wastewater Discharge Permits (WWDP)• Compliance Monitoring of Establishments• Water Quality Monitoring• Issuance of Notices of Violation (NOVs) and C ease andDesist Orders (CDOs) to Facilities found in violation of RA
9275.

4. Status of effluent monitoring/inspection
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EFFLUENT MONITORING
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) was created byRA 4850“ An Act Creating the LLDA, Prescribing its Powers,Functions,and Duties, Providing Funds Thereof, and for Other
Purposes”
and was mandated to attain Sustainable Ecological Management
within the Laguna de Bay Region.
In the implementation of RA 9275, LLDA covers the following:
Quezon City
Pasig City
CaviteMuntinlupa City
Marikina City
LagunaManilaCaloocan City
Rizal
Pasay City
Pateros

4. Status of effluent monitoring/inspection
TYPES OF INDUSTRIES FOR PRIORITY INSPECTION for RA
9275
Sugar Mills

Geothermal, Hydro,Electricity, Power
Generation (ElectricCooperatives, Power Plants
with Potential PCB FilledEquipment)

Agriculture, Food andRelated Industries(Beverages including
Fermentation andDistillation, Manufacturing
Food Products)

Pulp/Paper Mills or Textiles

Dams and Flood Control
Projects

Slaughter House/Abbatoirs

Commercial Malls,
Supermarket, Motels, andother Similar Facilities

All Water Supply Projects

Livestock (i.e Piggery,Poultry)

Institutional Facilities

Sewage/Septage Treatment
Plant

Funeral Parlor

All Office and Residential
Buildings such
Condominiums

Restaurants, QSR, Food
ChainsTanneries

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES INSPECTED in 2020(or 2021, or any years you selected)
Due to time constraint and because the Integrated Information
System (IIS) of the EMB is still for completion/upgrading,the complete nationwide data could not be extracted yet for
the years 2020, 2021 or 2022 as required in the Guidelines.
Nevertheless, information/data from the National Water
Quality Status Report for 2014-2019 shall be presented.
BUT, THAT FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (8 cities)
FOR 2020, 2021 AND 2022 ARE AVAILABLE TODAY5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
The following are extracted from the online database system of the EMB, 2020-2021, 2022

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES INSPECTED BY EMB-NCR alone
in 2020 - 2022

Total of Survey and Monitoring Inspections: 3228 + 1718 = 4,946
Notices of Violations Issued: 781+495+929 = 3,205

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES INSPECTED BY EMB-NCR alone
in 2020 - 2022

Total of Survey and Monitoring Inspections: 3228 + 1718 = 4,946
Notices of Violations Issued: 781+495+929 = 3,205

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES INSPECTED IN THE LLDAJURISDICTION

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
MEASURES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF EFFLUENTQUALITY IN YOUR COUNTRY
1. Establishments that failed Effluent Standards are issued
Notice of Violation with technical conference (TC) invitation.
• During the TC, technical advice given to the PCO withtimeline to do correction/improvement on the WTF
2. Upon lapsed of timeline, re-inspection shall be conductedby the EMB Regional Office to collect effluent samples.
• If results still failed the Standards (2nd offense), case shall berefer to Legal for elevation to the Pollution Adjudication
Board (PAB) for issuance of a Cease and Desist Order (CDO).
• If passed the Effluent Standards, the case shall still beelevated to the PAB for the imposition of fines. (Pursuant toPAB Resolution)

5. Compliance with regulations for effluent
standards
Process flow of NOV Issuance and filing case with thePollution Adjudication Board (PAB)6. Issues and challenges, future targets/plans forproper industrial wastewater managementGuidelines:
1. Please show the latest issues and challenges need tobe addressed;
2. Please show summary of the government’s futuretargets and plans to improve industrial wastewater
management and highlight the points that havebeen updated recently, especially regarding“compliance with regulations”;
3. Please indicate any issues related to industrial waste
water management that you would like to discusswith or to have advices from other WEPA partnercountries.

6. Issues and challenges, future targets/plans forproper industrial wastewater management
ISSUES, CHALLENGES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
Inadequate wastewater treatment facilities, such as septictank, impounding tank, are still being used by commercial
and some industrial establishments;
Absence of sewer lines/sewerage facilities in many areas
specially in the Highly Urbanized Cities
Absence/Lack of Centralized Wastewater Treatment
Facilities to accommodate wastewater from condominiums,
public markets, commercial buildings, small eateries6. Issues and challenges, future targets/plans forproper industrial wastewater management
GOVERNMENT’S FUTURE TARGETS AND PLANS TO
IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

6. Issues and challenges, future targets/plans forproper industrial wastewater management
GOVERNMENT’S FUTURE TARGETS AND PLANS TO
IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

6. Issues and challenges, future targets/plans forproper industrial wastewater management
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE
COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

7. Recent development in water environmental
governance
Guidelines:
Items in this question do not limit those for industrial waste watermanagement, but you can report updates in any sectors

1. Please provide information of any recent development for
improvement of water environment governance in yourcountry in last two years (updates of the information in “WEPAOutlook 2021”);Such as any new elements of management strategies being included
in order to achieve global goals or targets like Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) as the pressure to achieve these goals aremounting on your country
Such as the development to shift end-of-pipe solutions to circular
economy approach considering sustainable consumption andproduction

7. Recent development in water environmental
governance7. Recent development in water environmental
governance7. Recent development in water environmental
governance7. Recent development in water environmental
governanceReferences
RA 9275 or The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 and Its
Implementing Rules and Regulations
Final National Water Quality Status Report, 2014 – 2019
dated October 2020
DENR DMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 2016-08 Water Quality
Guidelines and General Effluent Standards of 2016
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2021-19 Updated
Water Quality Guidelines and General Effluent
Standards for Selected Parameters
Accomplishment Report of EMB NCR from Planning Unit,
EMB-NCR, 2020-2022
EMB CO Planning Division, Future Plans and Programs2023 to 2028