Lakeshore open dump in Taytay-Angono poses danger to drinking water 01/30/2012

Lakeshore open dump in Taytay-Angono poses danger to drinking water

01/30/2012
A lakeshore open dumpsite in a locality east of Metro Manila threatens government project that would tap Asia’s second largest freshwater basin as a major source of safe drinking water for the 14 million residents of the National Capital Region (NCR).

The13-hectare dumpsite, located along the Taytay-Angono coastal road in Barangay Muzon is owned and operated by the Taytay local government. It has long been ordered closed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) due the strong clamor of Greenpeace, an international environment activist organization..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20120130met3.html