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Companies allegedly initiated so-called ‘dry spills’ 388 times in 2022, even during periods of drought and on the hottest day on record
Discharge of wastewater in Delhi, with New Delhi dumping about 58% of its waste into the river. [88] Yangtze China: Nearly one-third of China's population [89] The fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. [89] In September 2012, the Yangtze river near Chongqing turned red from pollution. [90]
Environmental preservation areas (EPAs) are being designated along the shores of the Pasig and all of its tributaries, stretching 10m from the shores on each side. They will have no businesses, homes, or illegal settlements. This 10m safety net will cause waste water, sewage, and garbage from illegal settlers to be kept away from the river.
By the 1970s, the river started to emanate offensive smells as a result of waste from swine and poultry establishments in the area where protected Marikina watershed is located (Pinugay, Baras, Rizal) and in the 1980s, fishing in the river was prohibited. By 1990, the Pasig River was considered biologically dead. [1] [2]
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Critics have argued that it does not require water companies to take action quickly, thereby allowing dumping to continue for years to come. Environment Secretary claims sewage dumping concession ...
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Abate the dumping of untreated industrial wastewater and sewerage into the river including all acts and omission in violation of the Pollution Control Law and other related laws; Relocate settlers, squatters and other unauthorized or unlawful occupants along its banks;