Septage Management And Waste Water Disposal Practices Among Household Concessionaires Of Water District In Laguna, Philippines

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the current sewage or wastewater/septage disposal system practices of the residential areas serviced by the Calamba Water District, the level of awareness of concessionaires (residential) on specific rules in septic tank construction as stipulated in the National Plumbing Code as well as their level of compliance on said rules and the attitude about septage treatment plant service and their willingness to pay for it.

The researcher used descriptive design to describe the current sewage or wastewater/septage disposal system practices of the residential areas serviced by the Calamba Water District. Simple statistical analyses such as frequency and percent were used in the analysis of the results.

The families living on the house hold have common kitchen and toilet. Majority of the respondents had an average income of Php 50,001 and above. The respondent dwell on single detached and owned the house. The practice of the respondents in discharge the greywater is thru the owned septic tank and piped sewer system. Members of the household usually use flush in their own septic tank.

Majority of the respondents have two chambers of septic that has a manhole to insert the desludging pipe. The location of the septic tank is accessible for desludging. Majority of the respondents are not aware of the septage management program of the LGU.

The benefits of the septage management program were indicated by the respondents including the lessening of water pollution, reducing occurrence of water-borne diseases and preventing the overflow of septic tanks. The respondents are willing to avail and pay for the regular desludging services of septic tanks that will be offered by the Water District. Recommendations were given in the study.