DENR urged: clarify boracay sewage policy
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Stakeholders at Boracay in Aklan are calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to clarify its directive compelling resorts and hotels to install their own sewage treatment plant (STPs).“We have yet to hear comprehensive guidelines in the STP memo including notably the manner of conveyance, as well as the pre-treatment facilities for treated wastewater,” said business group Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) in a statement. Late last June, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu issued a memorandum requiring beachfront hotels and resorts with more than 50 rooms to install individual STPs, and those with less than 50 rooms to have clustered STPS.
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Yap, T. (2018, August 24). DENR urged: clarify Boracay sewage policy. Manila Bulletin, p. 7.
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