Summary

Clean lake water is the key resource that can ensure the sustainability of development within the basin region. Partnership among stakeholders is the engine of resource use reform, ecological conservation, and economic growth. The recent partnership of LLDA with business and NGOs in its campaign to join the Living Lakes Networks, a global conservation initiative, demonstrates its vision of achieving world-class leadership in the lake resources conservation and management.

Lake water quality has been monitored since the early 1970’s and intensified to monthly readings in the five-lake stations. Annual averages covering the period of 1990 to 2000 show that BOD, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, pH, and total coliform met the criteria for Class “C” waters standards to be suitable for fisheries. LLDA also conducts Lake Primary Productivity Measurement at four lake stations that provide basic information on turbidity and availability of natural food (algae) for fish production. Based in regular monitoring and analysis, the water quality of Laguna de Ba’i has been improving since 1995.

Source: LLDA Website

Remark: Network in the Philippines are the Tripartite Partnership of the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands (SCPW) and the Unilever Philippines. 

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