Ucf water 2 denr-emb vii - engr cindy pepito - 2014 water quality status report

1. 2014 WATER QUALITY
STATUS REPORT
ENGR. CINDYLYN C. PEPITO
Environmental Management Specialist
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU – REGION 7

2. PRIORITY PARAMETERS
 Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
 Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
 pH
 Temperature

3. BUTUANON
RIVER(ClassD)
MandaueCity

4.  23 kilometers
 10 km crosses Metro
Cebu area (including
heavily industrialized
and densely
populated areas of
Mandaue City)

6. For 2014, the DO did not reach levels acceptable
to DENR Class D water quality standards (3
mg/L)
Months when DO concentrations were above
the guideline value – January & September
Lowest reading recorded - May (1.55 mg/L)

8. Only 42% of the data met the water quality criteria
for Class D in terms of BOD (15 mg/L)
Only 17% of the data met the criteria for Class D in
terms of DO (3 mg/L)
BOD5 result peaked during September (113.82 mg/L)
This is 8 times higher than the Class D guidelines

11. GUADALUPERIVER
(CassB&C)
CebuCity

14. LUYANGRIVER
(ClassA&C)
Carmen

17. SAPANGDAKURIVER
(ClassA&C)
ToledoCity

20. HILUTUNGAN
CHANNEL(ClassSB)
MactanEastCoast

22. LILOANCOASTAL
WATERS(unclassified)
Liloan

24. CANSAGABAY
(ClassSC)
Consolacion