PGLU Monitors Province’s Fresh Water Resources
By: Grace L. Libong, GPC-ENRO | Photos By: PG-ENRO | Date: April 19-20, 2021
As a part of Provincial Government of La Union’s forefront program on fostering ecological integrity, and clean and healthy environment dubbed as #KalikasanNaman campaign, the Provincial Government - Environment and Natural Resources Office in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has continuously conducted fresh water quality monitoring to inland bodies of water in tourism destinations.
The PG-ENRO headed by the Officer In Charge EnP. Annalyn Rosario-Valdez, Supervising Environmental Management Specialist, proceeded to Simminublan Falls at Santol and Bulalakao Falls at Bagulin on April 19-20, 2021 to identify a new sampling station and collect water samples. Said water samples will be submitted to DENR-EMB for laboratory analysis.
This Water quality monitoring activity aims to guarantee the safety of visitors/tourists by ensuring the province’s recreational water quality. This monitoring effort intends to determine and prevent highly significant exceedances of coliform and to conform with DENR standards. Further, this will also serve as an Information Education Campaign to nearby communities for in the case of some exceedances, consultation and strategic planning with concerned LGUs as well as reconnaissance will be done to identify problem sources and to prevent occurrence of freshwater pollution.
Freshwater is vital for life. Thus, the ENRO on its bid to reinforce the LGUs action towards sustaining fresh water, is initiating partnership with the belief that alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
