Water Quality Management of Laguna de Bay

A comprehensive water quality management plan was prepared for the Laguna de Bay Basin located near Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The need for this management plan has been created by the confrontation between resources development and environmental conservation and made complex by the spill‐over of Metro‐Manila population, industrial and commercial growths and agricultural development in the watershed of this large inland tropical lake. A water quality management plan was prepared by Government with the cooperation of international agencies to protect the natural resources so that the beneficial uses of the lake can be preserved. The initial phases of the comprehensive water quality management plan are under implementation.