February 4, 2015

DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 001-15

SUBJECT : Additional List of Classified Water Bodies

Pursuant to DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 34, Series of 1990 (Revised Water Usage and Classification/Criteria Amending Section Nos. 68 and 69, Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations) and in accordance with the Manual of Procedure for Water Classification, the following water bodies are hereby officially classified as follows:

	Name	Station	Location	Class
Region 2
1.	Pasa River	Brgy. Bangag up to Brgy. Pasa	Ilagan, Isabela	C
2.	Rugao River	Brgy. Rugao up to Brgy. San	Ilagan, Isabela	C
		Lorenzo
Region 3
3.	Sapang Alat River		Bulacan	C
4.	Sto. Cristo River		Bulacan	C
Region 4A
5.	Locohin/Binahaan	Upstream to Binahaan Bridge	Pagbilao, Quezon	B
	River
		Binahaan Bridge to the mouth		C
		of the River
6.	Tambak River	Whole Stretch of the River	Pagbilao, Quezon	C
Region 4B
7.	Binayaan River		Romblon	A
8.	Cabitangahan River		Romblon	A
9.	Talaba River		Romblon	A
Region 5
10.	Mambulao Bay		Camarines Norte	SC
Region 6
11.	San Jose Coastal	Brgy. Dalipe	San Jose, Antique *1	SA
	Water
		Brgy. Madraca
		Brgy. 3
		Brgy. San Pedro	San Jose, Antique *1	SB
		Brgy. Mojon
		Brgy. Magcalon
		Brgy. San Fernando
		Brgy. 4
		Brgy. Malaiba
		Brgy. Maybato Norte
		Brgy. Maybato Sur
		Brgy. 8
		Brgy. San Angel	San Jose, Antique *1	SC
12.	Sipalay Coastal Water	Cartagena Beach	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		Langub Beach Resort	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		Takatuka Beach Resort	Sipalay City Negros Occidental	SB
		Boulevard Beach	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		La Isla Bonita Beach Resort	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		Nataasan Beach Resort	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		Easy Diving Beach Resort	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
		Campomanes Bay	Sipalay City, Negros Occidental	SB
13.	Hinobaan Coastal	Pinkys Beach Resort	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SB
	Water
		Salvacion Wharf	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SC
		Bantay Dagat Headquarter	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SB
		Brazaville Beach Resort	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SB
		Hidden Cove Beach Resort	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SB
		Bulwangan Beach Resort	Hinobaan, Negros Occidental	SB
Region 7
14.	Toledo-Balamban	Beyond *2 three (3) km. from	Toledo City, Cebu	SA
	Coastal Waters	the shoreline
		Shoreline spanning across	Balamban, Cebu	SB
		until 3 km.
		Brgy. Buanoy and Brgy.	Balamban, Cebu	SC
		Arpili
Region 8
15.	Malbasag River	Ormoc City	Leyte	C
16.	Natubgan River	Kananga	Leyte	C
Region 11
17.	Matina River	Stn. 3 to upstream	Davao del Sur	B
		Stn. 3 down to the mouth of
		the river		C
18.	Tagum River **		Davao del Norte	C
19.	Libuganon River		Davao del Norte	C
Region 12
20.	Altayan River	Upstream to downstream	Tampakan, South Cotabato	C
21.	Pangi River	Downstream	Maitum. Sarangani Province	C
		Upstream to Midstream		B
22.	Toplan River	Upstream to downstream	Mun. of Tampakan and	C
			Koronadal City, South Cotabato
Caraga Region
23.	Carrascal (Benoni)	Brgy. Duyos, Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	C
	River

The classes of water bodies are defined as follows: aECTcA

a) Fresh Surface Waters (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, etc.)

 

Class AA	Public Water Supply Class I. This class is intended primarily
	for waters having watersheds which are uninhabited and
	otherwise protected and which require only approved
	disinfection in order to meet the National Standards for
	Drinking Water (NSDW) of the Philippines.
Class A	Public Water Supply Class II. For sources of water supply
	that will require complete treatment (coagulation,
	sedimentation, filtration and disinfection) in order to meet
	the NSDW.
Class B	Recreational Water Class I. For primary contact recreation
	such as bathing, swimming, skin diving, etc. (particularly
	those designated for tourism purposes).
Class C	1)	Fishery Water for propagation and growth of fish and
		other aquatic resources;
	2)	Recreation Water Class II (boating, etc.); and
	3)	Industrial Water Supply Class I (for manufacturing
		processes after treatment).
Class D	1)	For agriculture, irrigation, livestock watering, etc.;
	2)	Industrial Water Supply Class II (e.g., cooling, etc.);
		and
	3)	Other inland waters, by their quality, belong to this
		classification.

b) Coastal and Marine Waters (as revised by DENR Adm. Or. No. 23, s. 1997)

Class SA	1)	Waters suitable for the propagation, survival and
		harvesting of shellfish for commercial purposes;
	2)	National marine parks and reserves established under
		existing laws and/or declared as such by appropriate
		government agency; and
	3)	Coral reef parks and reserves designated by law and
		concerned authority.
Class SB	1)	Tourist zones and marine reserves primarily used for
		recreational activities such as bathing, swimming, skin
		diving, etc. established under existing law and/or
		declared as such by appropriate government agency;
	2)	Recreation Water Class I (areas regularly used by the
		public for bathing, swimming, skin diving, etc.); and
	3)	Fishery Water Class I (spawning areas of Chanos
		chanos or "Bangus" and similar species).
Class SC	1)	Recreational Water Class II (e.g., boating, etc.);
	2)	Fishery Water Class II (commercial and sustenance
		fishing); and
	3)	Marshy and/or mangrove areas declared as fish and
		wildlife sanctuaries.
Class SD	1)	Industrial and Water Supply II (e.g., cooling, etc.); and
	2)	Other coastal and marine waters, by their quality,
		belong to this classification.

Henceforth, all industrial establishments, business, commercial and agricultural firms, local government units, government-owned or controlled corporations and other similar entities and instrumentalities, including persons discharging liquid wastes into the said water bodies are hereby required to observe and comply with the foregoing classification.

All existing discharges are given twelve (12) months within which to phase their compliance with the classification of the water body. CSIcTa

This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation and upon acknowledgment of receipt of a copy thereof by the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR).

(SGD.) RAMON J.P. PAJESecretaryDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

Recommending Approval:

(SGD.) MANUEL D. GEROCHIUndersecretary for Policy and PlanningDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

(SGD.) ATTY. JONAS R. LEONESUndersecretary and Concurrent EMB DirectorDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

Published in the Malaya on February 5, 2015.

Acknowledgement: U.P. Law Center on February 6, 2015.

Footnotes

*1. Amendment to MC 2014-01 (San Jose Coastal Water is located in the province of Antique).

*2. Amendment to MC 2014-01 (Formerly 3 km. from the shoreline).

** Reclassification (Classified as Class D in 1985).