OFFICE OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER
Septic Tank / Other Similar Facilities Desludging Services Request
Classification: Simple
Type of Transaction: G2C – Government to Citizen
Who may avail:
- Residential, commercial, institutions/malls, and industrial establishments
- All concerned citizens
The City Government provides Septage Management services and, is authorized to set fees, and allocate land for wastewater/septage treatment. This is included in the Septage Management Ordinance under Chapter 16 – Sewage and Septage of the City Sanitation Code. This is in accordance to the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (RA 9275) requiring the local governments to provide either septage management or sewerage services to wastewater dischargers.
The City ENRO is in-charge of the implementation of the septage management services. Septic tanks shall be desludged once in five (5) years. The desludging schedule shall be made public in the barangays as stated in Section 16LXXI.02 of Chapter 16 – Sewage and Septage of the City Sanitation Code.
This will ensure the proper management of the septage from the point of origin until disposal to mitigate and/or whenever possible minimize the environmental impact and health risks to the public.
- Free Service
- Regular desludging/pumping annual fees set for five (5) years:
| TYPE OF BLDG. | ANNUAL FEE (Real property tax payers) | TOTAL SERVICE FEE (Non-real property tax payers) |
| Residential | Php 600.00 | Php3,000.00 |
| Commercial Establishments | Php1,000.00 | Php5,000.00 |
| Malls & Institutions | Php1,500.00 | Php7,500.00 |
| Industrial | Php2,000.00 | Php10,000.00 |
- Out-of-Schedule/emergency desludging/pumping fees:
| TYPE OF BLDG. | EMERGENCY FEE (Real and non-real property tax payers) |
| Residential | Php 800.00 |
| Commercial Establishments | Php3,500.00 |
| Malls & Institutions | Php3,500.00 |
| Industrial | Php3,500.00 |