Pásig River

[FlashCollider]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

But we have one major tributary that needs some clean up too--San Juan River

Hindi ba ito kasama sa sinasabing estero? Kung hindi sana maisama ito sa lilinisin at sobrang dumi talaga ng ilog na yan.

[habagatcentral1]

Originally Posted by FlashCollider

Hindi ba ito kasama sa sinasabing estero? Kung hindi sana maisama ito sa lilinisin at sobrang dumi talaga ng ilog na yan.

Di sya estero. Isa syang tributary tulad ng Marikina River. Nung andun pa ang ferry, kada approach namin malapit sa Pandacan, sa may bukana ng San Juan River, mabaho at maitim ang tubig dito, samantalang yung Pasig River, walang amoy at the usual earth colour.

[richard24]

San Juan River is in super dirty and stinky. Kapag dumadaan ang jeep sa Kalentong amoy na amoy ang mabahong San Juan River.

[gaLj]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

But we have one major tributary that needs some clean up too--San Juan River

You need another Ondoy to wash up that God forsaken filthy river.

[asinger_la]

sana matulad ang pasig river sa Pantal River sa Dagupan, ngayon kase major sports facility at tourist attraction yung river na yun at may kasal along the river package pa...a very good example of successful people in an urban area

[maximizer101]

Can our government afford bio-remediation?...after removing the solid wastes in the river, i guess bio-remediation is probably the easiest and the most effective way of removing the bad smell that comes from the river and at the same time the oil spill at the surface of the river...Sa pagkaka-alam ko kase, some of the pseudomonas species have the unique ability to degrade oil...

[maximizer101]

Originally Posted by gaLj

You need another Ondoy to wash up that God forsaken filthy river.

No we don't need another Ondoy...and we also don't need a bunch of pessimist like you who try to criticize or should i say, put down the efforts our country is making to rehabilitate Pasig River......
Kung gusto mo ng isa pang Ondoy...solohin mo...okay?...Wag mong idamay ang buong Maynila...

[derf]

Take it easy.. I think he's just trying to stress his point that cleaning our waterways is a herculean task and might need some natural intervention.

[gaLj]

Originally Posted by derf

Take it easy.. I think he's just trying to stress his point that cleaning our waterways is a herculean task and might need some natural intervention.

Yup! that is what i'm trying to voice out. He took it seriously.

San Juan river is good as dead. Among all the rivers here in the metropolitan, it's sad to say it has the worst condition of them all. The river texture is like an oil slick as if there is a daily oil spill in that area. Reviving the river really requires natural intervention (cost efficient and instant).

[FlashCollider]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

Di sya estero. Isa syang tributary tulad ng Marikina River. Nung andun pa ang ferry, kada approach namin malapit sa Pandacan, sa may bukana ng San Juan River, mabaho at maitim ang tubig dito, samantalang yung Pasig River, walang amoy at the usual earth colour.

Sana nga ito ang isunod na linisin kapag natapos na ang paglilinis ng mga esteros pero kung kayang pagsabayin sana magawa din. Sh!t parang extreme makeover estero edition ang ginagawa. hehehe

[pomelo888]

Even though this award is for another river in the Metro Manila, it definitely shows that we have the tools and techniques to rehabilitate the Pasig River.
Sana, one day, the Pasig River will return to its former glory, and it will be a river we can proud of once again.

For 2011, the UN awarded the Philippines the "Best Water Management Practices" title for the Las Pinas-Zapote River System Rehabilitation Programme. This project was chosen out of 39 submissions from countries all over the world. Great job to everyone's continual hard work and advocacy on "greening the Philippines".


http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/

Winners for the 2011 edition of the “Water for Life” Best Practices Award:


The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) and the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) organize the “Water for Life” Best Practices Award. The purpose of the Award is to promote efforts to fulfil international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015 through recognition of outstanding best practices that can ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources and contribute to the achievement of internationally agreed goals and targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.

The prize is awarded yearly in two categories. Every year, special emphasis is being put on the theme selected for next World Water Day. In 2011, special focus is given to the topic "Urban Water Management".

The Secretariat has received a total of 74 applications for its 2011 edition: 39 for category 1 ‘Best water management practices’, 35 for category 2 ‘Best participatory, communication, awareness-raising and education practices’. Geographical distribution of applications is as follows: Africa 15%, Asia 22%, Europe 24%, Latin America and the Caribbean 35%, Northern America 4%.

The 2011 Prize has been awarded to the following programmes:

* Category 1,‘Las Pinas-Zapote River System Rehabilitation Programme, Philippines’ [PDF – 933 KB], for its outstanding contribution towards improving the living environment and its demonstrable and tangible impact on improving people’s quality of life within a metropolitan river basin;
* Category 2, ‘A Participatory and Learning Based Approach to Raising Awareness on Water and Sanitation, Durban, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa’ [PDF – 691 KB], for its innovative approach to communication and awareness raising in poor areas and its outstanding contribution to addressing key challenges related to water and sanitation in an urban area.

>> Members of the Technical Advisory Committee and of the Jury [PDF - 557 KB]
>> Programmes/projects participating in 2011 edition [PDF - 110 KB]
>> 2011 edition by numbers [PDF - 85 KB]
>> Video on finalist candidates

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92255

In Brief: A cleaner, greener river runs through the Philippines
Photo: David Swanson/IRIN
Manila slums are growing fast and access to clean water is a problem
MANILA, 22 March 2011 (IRIN) - The Philippines’ capital Manila has seen one of the developing world’s highest rates of urban growth, straining water and sanitation resources, but one river community has managed to clean and green its local river, earning it a UN best practice award.

Since 2002, local government officials in southern metro Manila, have been rehabilitating the Las Pinas-Zapote river system by training “river watch” volunteers in ecological solid waste and river management. Under a re-greening process known locally as `bambusetum’, residents have planted bamboo and mangroves to prevent soil erosion, installed rubbish traps and carry out daily rubbish collection along a 56km stretch of the river.

The municipal project is backed by former presidential candidate Senator Manuel Villar, whose family is from the area and whose wife represents the district in parliament.

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"Communities play an important role in monitoring, protecting and cleaning the rivers when they have enough information, knowledge and are given rights to participate. Their participation is very valuable," said Nguy Thi Khanh, deputy director of Vietnamese NGO Centre for Water Resources Conservation and Development.

This year's World Water Day, observed annually on 22 March, is focused on cities and the challenge of keeping up with population growth and industrialization.

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Theme (s): Environment, Urban Risk, Water & Sanitation,

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

[noli-kun]

Originally Posted by gaLj

You need another Ondoy to wash up that God forsaken filthy river.

For a quick fix, the likes of Ondoy is something to look forward to. For a long-term solution, the committed seriousness of the government, concerned sectors and the citizens are something to look forward to.

[richard24]

We can fix this without KILLING PEOPLE. My god, I can't believe the people here wishing for another Ondoy? Nakaka-insulto siya para sa gaya naming naapektohan ng Ondoy na wala naman sa mga tributaries na yan.

[Christian_123]

You guys take everything to seriously

[kratos1211]

Kahit anong linis ang gagawin at walang separate line para sewerage ng mga kabahayan, mananatiling marumi ang quality ng tubig na papunta sa ilog. dapat talaga separate ang storm drain sa sewer line. at least ngayon nababawasan na ang pagtapon ng basura sa pasig river.

[Ephesus29]

Kidding aside, cleaning the River as derf said is a heculean task. Getting too dismissive, defensive and outright pissimistic to the point of asking for a calamity, doesn't solve the problem at all. However, it is better to know than not knowing at all what other people think about the existence of a problem and how it is being addressed. But then again taking it too seriously sometimes would not help either in making a positive solution to deal with the issue. So.... take it easy guyz, and just rise above it.

BTW..."HAPPY EASTER TO ALL"

[richard24]

To some degree, I do agree that cleaning the river is next to impossible. As much as we wan't to make this process easy, that's not going to happen. As long as we have politicians who are unwilling to clean the river, we're not going to go anywhere.

I'm not sure though, do we have statistics of how many squatters have been relocated? What madame Gina Lopez is doing is a glimmer of hope, I hope our politicians are like that.

[superpilyoako]

every summer talaga umiitim ang ilog pasig, but what's good is that everyday that i pass that area (Bambang, Pasig), you'll see lots of birds flying around that area (they wouldn't be there for no reason, like food)

[asinger_la]

Pasig River should turned into something like this:

Originally Posted by jcruze057

this river is in the middle of a big city and with huge population(760k people during daytime which is bigger than pasig or marikina) and yet it was not polluted, a very good example of people that knows how to clean their environment.

[Bosnyboy]

Cleaning any river in the manila is next to impossible. All the money and technology in the world cant clean the rivers unless change happen to the people themselves. We can start by not throwing our garbage anywhere we wish. Even small pieces of paper or candy wrappers should be kept in our pockets and throw them at designated trash bins, huwag maging tamad at maarte. Make it fashionable to throw garbage in trash bins only. Grabe collectors on the other hand should be efficient and prompt in emptying those bins. People has to be re-educated on basic manners, the value of protecting the enviroment. Unless people change, we're just throwing good money away.

If people still dont change then maybe only a tsunami or some act of God can clean our environment for us. Alisin na ren sa mundo ang mga taong matitigas ang ulo, mayabang, tamad, maraming ganyan sa atin.