DENR hopes to make Manila Bay fit for swimming again
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is hoping to eventually make the Manila Bay safe for swimming again, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. The DENR will set up four community environment and natural resources offices or CENROs along the coast in Manila, Navotas-Malabon, Pasay-Parañaque and Las Piñas to monitor the bay’s cleanup early next year. Cimatu said coliform levels in Manila Bay’s waters have reached 350 million most probable number fecal coliform bacteria per 100 milliliter. He compared this to Boracay’s waters where coliform levels reached about one million MPN per 100 ml at most.
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Talavera, C., & Villanueva, R. (2018, December 15). DENR hopes to make Manila Bay fit for swimming again. The Philippine Star, p. 13.
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