ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, January 29, 2015 - In compliance with
Republic Act 9003 also known as the "Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000 and to ensure the protection of the public health and
environment, the city government constructed a sanitary landfill and
waste water treatment facilities.
The City Environment
and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Department Head Edgar Arellano
together with some department heads and employees joined the
inauguration and blessing of the P15,500,000.00 worth of the initial
implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Processing Park Project
which include the development of one cell (landfill) and waste water
treatment facility at Sitio Sampao, Brgy. Mambago -A, Island Garden City
of Samal on January 28.
The Ecological Solid Processing Park Project has a total land area of
12 hectares , the 4 hectares is intended for the sanitary landfill
while the other areas will be developed for the material recovery
facilities, composting facilities, administrative building, weighing
bridge and guard house, motorpool, driftwood park with mini zoo and
waste water treatment facility with natural wetland technology, and
other support structures.
The project was implemented by the City Engineering Office in five
phases since year 2010 utilizing Local Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (LDRRM) fund and 20% Development fund.
Meantime, due to fund limitation, the city government had initially
developed one cell for the sanitary landfill in the one fourth hectare (
2,500 sqm area) and a septage waste water/leachate treatment facility
totalling to P15.5Million pesos respectively.
The cell could accommodate 32,000 cu.m residual wastes which could
serve for 3-4 years considering the rapid development of the city and
the project component septage waste water/leachate treatment facility
(wastewater from the garbage) built to protect contamination to the
water aquifers in the island.
The facility is the first of its kind in Davao del Norte Province
since the construction of the sanitary landfill used a high density
polyethylene (HDPE), a thick plastic liner, required by the Mines
GeoSciences Bureau since IGaCoS soil which is limestone is highly
porous and contamination of water proved high.
The development of sanitary landfill was also seen as a major support to
the tourism industry of the city being one of the premiere tourist
destination in the country and thus need proper waste disposal to
ensure the protection of public health and environment. (MTA Samal cio)
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