The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that the water quality in the well-famed Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan has improved. DENR secretary Roy Cimatu said in a virtual press conference on Thursday that the safe level of water in Boracay is 100 mpn/100 ml for Class SB water which is suitable for swimming, skin diving and other recreational activities. He expressed gladness about the present water quality in the island as it is set reopen to Western Visayas tourists on June 16. “Malinis na kung maka 100. Kung mas mababa yan sa 100, mas malinis. So, ang average na nakukuha ko dito ay 1.0, from February. Pinakataas lang dito ay 20, so yan ang standard ngayon ng water quality dito sa Boracay. Wala na ‘yung cesspool. Gumanda pa lalo ng walang nag si-swimming,” Cimatu said.

Co, A. S. (2020, June 13-14). Cimatu notes improvement in Boracay water quality. Panay News, p. 5.