Clean out septic tanks,
ENRO calls on residents
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Rolly Clamonte, head of the Environment and Natural Resources Office of Dumaguete City, yesterday urged residents to have their septic tanks desludged regularly to help efforts in keeping the city's groundwater free from contamination.

Clamonte also noted the need to further educate the public on Republic Act 9275 or the Clean Water Act, for them to understand the objectives of the city's septage wastewater management system project.

He said that Dumagueteños are lucky to have two wastewater treatment facilities that are fully operational and in fact, many local government units in other parts of the country have sent representatives to look at these facilities for possible replication in their areas. .

‘Help prevent flooding'
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

City Environment Officer Rolly Clamonte yesterday lamented that people in Dumaguete intentionally dump plastic bags and other plastic materials into canals and waterways, causing the city's sewage system to overflow during flooding.

Speaking at a forum to celebrate National Disaster Consciousness and Prevention Month in July, Clamonte assured that the city government is exerting efforts to regularly clean out canals to avoid a repeat of the Feb. 7, 2009 unprecedented flooding in Dumaguete.

Clamonte disclosed that the 200 kilos of trash collected from the wastewater treatment facility at the Quezon Park during the Feb. 7, 2009 incident consisted mostly of plastic bags.

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