Protecting Water Resources with Affordable Septage Treatment

Success Stories

  • Protecting Water Resources with Affordable Septage Treatment

    Leo Mamicpic used to worry about the high rate of desludging his septic tank at about P3,000 or $68 every five years. Of more serious consequence are the environmental and health effects of having...

  • Steering a Village to Sustainable Fisheries

    Alito Ejares supports the implementation of fishing controls in his village. “It is not the most popular thing for a politician like me to do, but it is essential that we regulate the kind...

  • Water Taps Prevent Waterborne Diseases

    Barangay Indang in Cavite, Philippines has been under constant threat of disease from its water sources. The water delivered to residents by local authorities is channelled via water lines...

  • Santa Rosa Hospital Wastewater Treatment Facility

    Rapid urbanization of many areas in the Philippines has led to water pollution and environmental degradation. Approximately 90% of sewage in the country is not properly treated, thus pol-luting...

  • Side-by-Side with a Whale Shark

    Abelardo Llave, known to his peers as Abe, grew up in a poor family of fishers. He started fishing at the age of 14 to contrib-ute to the income of his family. Now 39, married, and with five...

  • Networked Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) key to conservation, productivity

    The Bohol Sea, with 2,810 hectares of mangroves, 132 square kilometers of coral reefs rich in marine life, and eight species of cetaceans is considered one of the most important fishery and...

  • Bridging Gaps for Conservation Partnerships

    Puerta Galera in Mindoro Oriental has experienced expo-nential growth in coastal tourism over the past two decades, receiving at least 800,000 tourists annually over the past five years. This...

  • Beyond Electricity

    Despite the abundant water in Samira’s place in Barangay Chua, an upland village in the town of Bagumbayan in Sultan Kudarat in the Philippines’ southernmost island of Mindanao,...

  • Peace Now Reigns In War-Prone Community

    When news of the brutal killing of Barangay Mandulan’s captain and his wife broke out in late 2003, some of their family members organized a group to avenge their deaths and take the law...

  • Empowering Women

    When the USAID-funded Alliance for Mindanao Off-grid Renewable Energy (AMORE) Program came to our Barangay Tumalutab, I was elected chairperson of the Barangay Renewable Energy and Community...