Browsing by Subject "phosphates"
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Advisory on algal bloom in Laguna de Bay
June 14, 2019 , on page 2)Algal bloom is a periodic occurrence in Laguna de Bay, particularly in the Central Bay and West Bay, where Muntinlupa City is one of the lakeshore LGU's. Algae are microscopic plants in various forms, shapes and colors. ... -
Baguio rivers remain heavily polluted–DENR
June 29, 2019 , on page A12)Two main rivers in the summer capital remain heavily polluted due in part to unregulated hog raising operations and sludge coming from Baguio’s public market and slaughterhouse, the Department of Environment and Natural ... -
BFAR: Pollution caused fish kill
October 13, 2019 , on page A4)Water pollution and not blast fishing caused the recent case of fish kill off Las Piñas and Parañaque in Manila Bay where at least 30 tubs of dead fish were found along the coastline, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ... -
Dagupan threatened by fish kill
January 24, 2016 , on page 18)The river's marine products are threaten by a high level of phosphate and the city mayor is now addressing the possible wide destruction that may cause more death on fishes. Earlier, Felicidad Salazar Visser called the ... -
Ecological time bomb ticks at Macajalar Bay ... everyone in the area points to everyone else as the culprit
September 21, 1999 , on page 15)A palpable gloom hangs over this coastal community in Northern Mindanao, where a murky green growth in the waters has been an unwelcome annual visitor since 1994. Smelly and ever-spreading, the green blight that appears ... -
Masinloc-Oyon bay passes water quality parameters
May 12, 2021 , on page 2-15)The water quality of the 7,558-hectare Masinloc Oyon Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape (MOBPLS) in the towns of Masinloc and Palauig in Zambales has passed the water quality parameters of containing acceptable levels ... -
Negros ethanol plant suspended over fishkill
August 13, 2015 , on page A8)Environment authorities suspended the operations of an ethanol plant of Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corp. (URSMC) after finding that its untreated wastewater caused fishkill that economically dislocated 200 fishing ... -
Saving Laguna de Bay
February 2, 2017 , on page B7)The restoration of Laguna de Bay to a relatively pristine state is a major concern. This is a scientist’s account on a multidisciplinary two to three-year scientific endeavor that culminated in an Environmental Health ... -
SEAFDEC develops early warning system for pollution in mariculture parks
(The News Today,September 30, 2008 , on page C2)The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing an early warning system to guard against the negative impacts of fish cages in mariculture parks. This is certainly ... -
Seafdec develops early warning system vs pollution in mariculture parks
(The Daily Guardian,September 29, 2008 , on page 3-6)The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing an early warning system to guard against the negative impacts of fish cages in mariculture parks. This is certainly ... -
StarScience: Saving Laguna de Bay 2
February 9, 2017 , on page B-9)Water quality here was found to be second best at 77 percent, a passing mark. All water quality indicators were at acceptable levels except phosphate (63 percent), and chlorophyll a (zero percent). The fisheries score was ... -
‘Waste of time’: Algae cleanup in Boracay offers brief relief, scientist says
April 29, 2018 , on page 1-14)The daily removal of unwelcome green algae carpeting Boracay’s shores won’t do it, according to a marine biology expert at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). “It is a waste of time. If the cause of water ... -
What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay: (Part IV and last of the series)
June 10, 2018 , on page B-2)These four columns were provoked by the directive of the President two years ago to dismantle all the fish pens in Laguna de Bay. The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) complied as ordered and issued Resolution 518 ...