The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) CALABARZON through its Licenses, Patents and Deeds Division conducted an inventory and monitoring of some water permittees and water permit applicants in Batangas and Cavite from March 14-16, 2023.

 The team from the Division’s Water Permitting Section conducted an inventory and verification of the water permit applications applied by Josen Poultry Farm and Agua de Amor Water Refilling Station both located in San Juan, Batangas on March 14, 2023. The following day, the team inventoried the deep wells of the following establishments also located in the said municipality: Aquabliss Water Refilling Station, Aqua Mizu Water Refilling Station, Chel Water Refilling Station, Agua Nagsaulay Water Refilling Station, and Shael Fuel Station. On March 16, 2023, the team conducted an inventory and monitoring of the compliance of the following permittees to the conditions of its respective water permits: Pump Stations 1-12, Metroville Tanza Pumping Station and Woodside Subdivision Pumping Station of Happywell Management and Collection Services, Inc., both located in Brgy. Buhay na Tubig, Imus, Cavite.

DENR Calabarzon urges the public, particularly, all establishments and householders that are extracting ground and surface water for municipal use, irrigation use, power generation, industrial use, fisheries, livestock raising, and other uses such as recreation, commercial, memorial park, etc., to apply for a water permit at the National Water Resources Board. The procedure and checklist of requirements may be accessed through this link: https://nwrb.gov.ph/water-permit-application/.

Article 13 of the Philippine Water Code provides that “no person, including government instrumentalities or government-owned or controlled corporations, shall appropriate water without a water right, which shall be evidenced by a document known as a water permit.” The said provision also defined water right as “the privilege granted by the government to appropriate and use water”.

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Published: 28 March 2023