Posted
November 27, 2014
Written by Gloria Villas
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Aklan will
investigate the reported coliform contamination of the Sooc river in Kalibo on
Monday next week.
This issue becomes the hot topic during 41st
SP Regular Session yesterday, as the letter from Atty. Allen Quimpo, Chairman
of Kalibo Save The Mangroves Association (KASAMA) was being discussed.
Atty. Quimpo said: “The letter was asking SP Aklan
to implement the closure order of DENR about the open dump site in Barangay
Bakhaw Sur.”
In this regard, he cited a recent test that the
Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and the Aklan Food
and Water Testing Laboratory conducted on the part of Sooc River near the
entrance of the dumpsite.
Quimpo further explained that the law provides in
Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, the prohibition
to operate on a dumpsite when affecting the health of citizens.
Meanwhile, Representatives from Aklan Environment
and Natural Resources Office (AKENRO) and the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR) will also be invited to a Committee Hearing to shed
light on the results and their possible implications on the environment and the
residents’ health.
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