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Laguna Lake Environmental Users Fee System
 The Laguna de Bay watershed region as a natural resource is strategically situated in the midst of the country's center of urban and industrial development. Aside from Metro Mnaila which lies just west of Laguina de Bay, the region straddles the whole of Laguna and Rizal provinces, parts of Batangas, Cavite and Quezon which compose the CALABARZON area. This configuration makes the region a critical resource in terms of its importance as the main source of agricultural food commodities and industrial raw materials. The lake itself as well as the other smaller lakes in the basin are important sources of livelihood for the fishery sector and serve multifarious purpose - in irrigation, transportation, energy generation and other industrial uses.
The geographic features and location of the basin within the primary growth area of the country make it susceptible to destructive human interventions which in the long-term may cause irreparable damage to its resources including the loss of valuable agricultural and forest lands to urban and industrial growth.
Recognizing the critical need for water quality improvement and protection in view of the intended use of Laguna de Bay as major source of domestic water supply for Metropolitan Manila and the nearby provinces, the Laguna Lake Development Authority launched the Environmental Users Fee System to complement its existing regulatory program.
River Rehabilitation Program of LLDA
Due to the rapid rate of development in the CALABARZON area (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) which is located within the watershed of Laguna de Bay, destruction of the rivers and streams flowing through them, which ultimately drain into Laguna de Bay have seen. Indiscriminate dumping of domestic and industrial waste, and contamination of hazardous run-off from agricultural lands have resulted into the threatened extensive of these tributaries and the life forms they sustain.
With the escalating need to arrest the further deterioration of Laguna de Bay and its tributaries, and to undertake rehabilitation efforts for these waterways, the Laguna Lake Development Authority launched the River Rehabilitation Program.
Related Presentation:Laguna Lake Development and Management
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