1. Manila Third Sewerage Project
1st Asian Regional Targeted Workshop for GEF IW
Projects
Sept. 27-28, 2012
Hotel Sukosol, Bangkok, Thailand
Engr. Ramon B. Aguilar, Jr.
Project Manager –GEF MTSP - Philippines

4. OUTLINE
• Development Objectives of the
GEF-MTSP
• Expected Outcomes
• The Timeframe
• Most Valuable Results/Innovations
and Lessons
• The Major Challenges
• The Priority Needs
• Opportunities

5. A. The development objectives of the GEF-
MTSP is to assist the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines in the following
areas in:
1. Identifying essential adjustments to
administrative institutional, and regulatory
practices and existing legislation in order to
attract private investments in its wastewater
sector;
2. Increasing the effectiveness of the agencies
responsible for water pollution control
through improved coordination; and
3. Promoting innovative, simple and effective
wastewater treatment techniques.

6. B. The Expected Outcomes are:
• Increase in coverage of
sewerage services in MWSS
jurisdiction (% of population)
• Increase in coverage of
sanitation services in MWSS
jurisdiction (% of population)
• Reduction of pollution (1,000
metric tonnes of BOD/year)

7. The Timeframe
November of 2007 –
November 2012 -
May 2014

8. 1. Creation of Institutions
The Water Quality Management Area
(WQMA) and its Governing Board(GB) for
San Juan River Basin was created through
the DENR Department Administrative
Order.
Most Valuable Results/Innovations and Lessons

9. 2. Harmonization of Water
Quality Monitoring Programs
of Pasig River Rehabilitation
Commission (PRRC), Laguna
Lake Development
Authority (LLDA) and the
Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB)

10. 4. Construction of joint
sewage and septage
treatment plant
5. Creation of Public
Information System
6. Formulation of Sewerage
and Sanitation Policies

11. The Major Challenges and Constraints
1.The Area of Coverage and Jurisdictional
Overlaps of National Agencies;
2.The Organizational Structure Shift from a
National- Project Specific Function to a
Holistic –Locally Focused Entity;
3.Data Availability and Technological
Capability at the LGU level; and
4.Finance Sources and Social Acceptability
of WQMA projects

12. The Priority Needs for Capacity Building
1. Action Planning;
2. Community Organizing;
3. Water Quality Management
Technologies; and
4. Innovative Financing Including Public-
Private Partnerships.

13. Opportunities for Cooperation with other
Projects or Institutions in the Asia Pacific
Region
1. Training and Technology Sharing;
2. Joint Financial Ventures;
3. Application of Advance Sewerage and
Sanitation Technologies; and
4. Joint Scientific and Social Research.