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CEBU CITY
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Alcover, J-lock
Guiao, Jeaneva Marie
Moral, John Miko
Navales, Jomhar
Yu, Francis Keru
Pasil, Cebu City Philippines. According to residents of the area, “The reason
for the foul smell in the area is due to human and septic tank wastages being
dumped in the river illegally (Sunstar, 2014)." The pollution caused the
people to complain about their water sources. Cleaning the waters in Pasil
will not just make the place look more pleasing, but it will make the locals
Singapore, Australia and Namibia, have already been using recycled water
for drinking (Cho, 2011). "Compared to these countries the Philippines had a
lot of rivers that used to have clean water while the prior countries didn’t'
have drinkable water but the water treatment facilities made it so that they
have fresh water. Namibia, the aridest country in southern Africa has been
drinking recycled water since 1969. Recycled water fuelled 35% of her
water needs (Cho, 2011)." The water treatment facilities have proved
The wastes in Pasil enlarge its crime rate in the community and health
Pasil, this was because of people illegally dumping human and septic tank
they found that violent crime increases by 2.2% downwind from areas with
sewer network while the rest connect their toilet to Septic Tanks. (Claudio,
2015)", that is why there are a lot of septic tank wastes in the Philippines. All
in all the lack of water treatment facilities and the massive septic tank wastes
are just too big of a gap so making a water treatment facility can help ease
Pasil.
Barangay Pasil, Cebu City, is to help solve and ease the problem of water
community.
Methods
The researchers will use descriptive thesis design that is used to obtain
this type of design, the researchers can merely survey in Pasil, Cebu City
and focus more on the responses of the respondents where the researchers
can gather the data, for the reason that experiments and other forms of
2015 is 8, 593 where two persons increase from the 2010 census. Pasil is
people, that is around four people in a household (PSA, 2013).” “The largest
fish market (Marketman et al., 2008).” Since it has a large fish market, the
researchers are interested in making sure that the people in Barangay Pasil
have access to clean water as well as the increasing quality of fish in the
The survey was conducted at Barangay Pasil last September 15, 2018, at
determine the quality of household water that was being consumed in the
people of Barangay Pasil and to describe water use and treatment practices
consumers.
2018)". Just like Africa, people in Pasil rely on surface water in everything
they do however since it is expensive to make there have not been any
efforts by the government to make a big water filtration system near the
waters of Pasil.
of the new Pasil-Suba Fish Market will start next month, said Rep. Rodrigo
will help attract more people in Pasil because Pasil has been stereotyped as a
should also focus about the problems of water pollution of Pasil to uplift the
“About 360 persons per one lakh die in India and over 50% patients getting
admitted in hospitals are patients of water-borne diseases (Duggal)(n.d)”
another article states that residents of Pasil had been infected with
like other places who live near polluted bodies of water in Pasil, it is unusual
the welfare of its citizens rather than prioritizing on tourism. And since
filter the waters especially in Pasil, since water is one of the most important
components for their livelihood and Pasil, being as one of the main sources
Tablets, and Sand Filters was introduced. The respondents were asked if any
of the stated filtrations were familiar to them; and out of the mentioned
tablets into the water in definite quantities. IPA also states that there has been
al.) there has not been a chlorine tablet dispenser in Pasil, but this will
definitely help the community where a huge machine for water filtration is
not necessary.
within the area will be a huge step to fight against water pollution it will not
remove the trashes per say but it will reduce the amount of water-borne
disease-related illnesses within Pasil. It will not cost much compared to the
believe that chlorine tablets will positively uplift the lives of the people in
Pasil.
Taste, Size/Weight, Can Operate Without Electricity, Price for the water
system; out of the listed qualities, Safety (83%) is the most significant factor
that the water filtration should acquire; next is the Operation without the use
of electricity (81%), and the least important factor is the Taste (55%).
Most people are concerned about the safety according to the Water Quality
and Health Council: The allowable chlorine levels in drinking water (up to 4
parts per million) pose “no known or expected health risk [including] an
adequate margin of safety (Wiant, 2010) this goes for sure that if you put
to improve Pasil because Chlorine tablets for drinking water are safe if taken
in regular quantities just like many things that become toxic. Chlorine will
harm you if you intake a lot, however if taken in moderation there had been
no health risks.
of the respondents, 55% (16) responded Primary Home usage, 36% (9)
goes for Pasil. In their household, the water they use came from surface
water so clean water is a necessity for the people in Pasil since they rely on
The researchers believe that the people in Pasil should have an access to
clean water even though chlorine tablet is a hassle to purchase every now
and then, but it is a necessity in order to attain clean water. In the future,
when the government has allotted funds to make a machine or water purifier
that would benefit the people of Pasil as well as acquire clean water at more
affordable prices.
treatment facility (with the traits from the question) will cost in their
themselves this is what they think it would cost without the cheapness bias.
air from the Rocky Mountains has seen sales to China soar because of rising
pollution, people are paying something that is meant to be for free. The
researchers hope is that the private businesses will not take advantage of the
The researchers believe that the people in Pasil should have access to
clean water, the government did not really focus on this yet, but in doing so,
it would help the people in Pasil as well as set a positive image on the place
specially it has one of the biggest fish markets in the Visayas region the
appearance of clean water and clean fish.
According to the tally, 18 persons out of 30 respondents say that they are
People want to have the initiative to make things better if the government is
not doing anything because in the end, it is the citizens that make up most of
the country.
The researchers believe that the residents of Pasil can make a change
without the government like some private individuals can start sponsoring
people and show the government that in a small scale something big could
treatment facility in the developing world while the other 50% do not want
you have to be selfish, as much as I hate admitting this; it's true. (Norse,
2017)". Some people want to put themselves first that doesn’t mean they are
selfish, but they want to ensure themselves before they help other people
while some people put others first because they enjoy pleasure of others than
themselves.
Some people just want to help despite their situation while others want to
make sure they are well stable before serving others. The researchers do not
believe on is better than the other it just all depends how people see it but
people should have a positive reaction to whatever the people of Pasil want.
According to the chart, 83% of the respondents believe that the water
treatment facility will have a positive effect in the community, while the
17% believe that water treatment is not the main issue for the problems in
Pasil.
According to the Inquirer: "The EMB-7 also raised water pollution alert
Cebu City. Both rivers have long been declared biologically dead waterways
that cannot support life. (Rosell, 2012)". Other places in Cebu have dead
waterways unlike these two rivers in Pasil is an integral part of Pasil not just
people rely on it as the source of water but also source of fish, since Pasil
sections of Pasil that is near a body of water so that once they retrieve water,
they can immediately clean the water by placing chlorine tablets in their
IPA: “As of April 2014 over 1.8 million people were being served by
chlorine dispensers (Kremer et al., 2018)”. There have been many lives that
are being uplifted with this method, there has been no known methods to
In this study, Water Treatment Facility in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City the
researchers observed that one of the main factors in the increasing crime rate
of a community comes from the quality and sanitation of the basic needs a
person intakes into his/her body system. The researchers concluded that
Barangay may be of good help to ease one of the main problems in the
community.
the risks associated with drinking water directly or untreated from the
Barangay Pasil and community water sources. Although these waters may be
less turbid and therefore appear “cleaner” to some residents than water from
the Barangay Pasil, the final water should be treated to the same level of
quality as other source waters and should not be consumed in the body
directly.
Reference
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Purification System
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of Clean Water
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