Fisherfolk group Pam­bansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilip­i­nas (Pamalakaya) on Fri­day, July 10, linked the repor­ted fish kill on the Rizal side of the Laguna Lake to alleged wastewa­ter dis­charge activ­it­ies of water con­ces­sion­aire Manila Water Com­pany Inc. “The smell of the water dis­charged by Manila Water is ter­rible. It hurts the nose; it hurts the throat,” a per­son said in a video from Pamalakaya. The alleged wastewa­ter is dumped in Barangay Ithan, Bin­agonan, and goes straight to the Laguna Lake.

Jordan, G. (2026, July 11). Manila Water discharge caused Laguna fish kill. The Manila Times, p. A8.