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Civil Engineering Department
Presented to:
Dr. Tomas U. Ganiron, Jr.
Topography of Cavite Province
CAVITE
CALABARZON
(Region IV-A)
142, 706 hectares
7 Cities
16 Municipalities
8 Legislative Districts
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Cavite_Map.jpg
CAVITE
North – Northwest
river flow
http://open_jicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11925898_02.pdf
IF THERE ARE NUMEROUS
DAMS IN CAVITE, WHY RESORT
TO GROUNDWATER?
WHY RESORT TO
GROUNDWATER?
• No major dam in the province
• 200 year old dams
• Non-operational for the last 100
years
• – Gov. Jonvic Remulla
Cavite’s Groundwater
http://cavite.gov.ph/home/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/11-CHAPTER-
3_POPULATION-AND-SOCIAL-PROFILE.pdf
2ND
ISSUE
CAVITE’S
GROUNDWATER
SUPPLY
Water abstraction in a number
of areas in the Province has
already reached critical points
causing decreased groundwater
levels and resulting in
groundwater mining as well as
salt-water intrusion in coastal
areas;
MEKONG DELTA
A quarter-century of
pumping-induced
subsidence caused the
MKD to sink on average
by ~18 cm over the
past 25 years, with
areas over 30 cm.
(Minderhoud et al 2017)
3RD
ISSUE
CAVITE’S
GROUNDWATER
SUPPLY
There is lack of any septage collection
and treatment system as well as any
piped waste water collection and
treatment system or a centralized
sewerage system. Due to this lack,
septic tank effluent is generally
allowed to leach into the ground while
untreated waste water from
households and industrial
establishments is returned to the water
sources;
CONTAMINATED
GROUNDWATER
The issue of solid waste
in the country creates
problems that results to
the contamination of
ground water sources,
creating obnoxious
odors and aesthetic
deterioration. (Huhtala,
1999)
Cavite Government’s Response to
Depleting Groundwater Supply