and Classification Water Quality Criteria) and DENR Administrative Order No. 35 (Revised Effluent Regulations of 1990) and Republic Act No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990).
f. Organize industrial firms and tourism establishments in the barangay so that they can share water pollution control/prevention techniques, work as a group with the government and non- governmental organizations on pollution reduction.
g. Advise the Mayor on policy requirements to safeguard water resources in the municipality.
h. Recommend to the Mayor the allocation of the Water Resources Trust
i. Prepare and recommend to the Mayor annual work and financial plans for the operation of the Committee.
Sec. 10. Protection of Public Water Infrastructures. The Mayor shall identify the component watersheds/waterways of the MNWW which are presently supporting inter-barangay waterworks and irrigation system as well as those which are potential sites of similar projects such as small hydroelectric project and assist barangay government prepare management plans thereof. The Mayor shall ensure that engineering works and infrastructure projects with the municipality do not adversely impact on water quality and project accessibility.
Sec. 11. Protection of Riverbanks, Easements, Rights-of-way, and Greenbelts. The Mayor shall adopt adequate measures for establishing clearance and greenbelts along river banks and shorelines areas as prescribed by law, to enforce provisions for easements as provided in DENR Administrative Order 05, series of 1997 and Presidential Decree No. 1067 which provide that banks of river and streams and the shores of the seas throughout their entire length and within a zone of three (3) meters in urban areas, twenty (20) meters in agricultural areas and forty (40) meters in forest areas, along margins are subject to easement for public use in the interest of recreation, navigation, floatage fishing and fishing. No person shall be allowed to build structures of any kind or to stay in this zone longer than what is necessary for recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing or salvage.
Sec. 12. Drainage Systems. The Local Government of Urbiztondo as well as all concerned agencies/offices shall adopt necessary measures to ensure that adequate barangay drainage systems are established and maintained to prevent floods and the negative effects of all types of effluents on both surface and underground water. The Municipal Mayor shall also provide assistance to barangays for the purpose of ensuring that solid or liquid wastes are properly disposed of for the protection of water resources.
Sec. 13. Organic Farming and Soil and Water Conservation. The Mayor shall assist barangays in the implementation of community-based forestry management projects for the purpose of instituting improved soil and water conservation techniques and generate resources to implement the measures. Likewise, the Mayor shall promote sustainable agriculture pursuant to the provisions of RA 10068 otherwise known as “Organic Agriculture Act of 2010” and use all its powers to enforce the laws governing the use of prohibited agricultural chemicals as determined by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority.
Sec. 14. Health and Sanitation Measures. The Mayor shall adopt appropriate measures to assist barangay governments improve environmental sanitation by expanding the use of sanitary toilets for waste disposal. Such assistance shall if necessary include, but not limited to, direct investments in public health, education and strict enforcement of the Plumbing Code and Sanitation Code.
Sec. 15. Water Usage and Classification. The provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 34, series of 1990, otherwise known as the “Revised Water Usage and Classification”, and amendments thereto, are hereby adopted.
Sec. 16. Prohibited and Punishable Acts. The Sangguniang Bayan in consultation with the DENR/EMB and the various barangay Sanggunians of the Municipality shall, within one (1) year upon effectivity of this Code, enact a unified ordinance for the purpose of defining the
