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    Name: Rey J.

    Casas Scholarship Program: DOST JLSS under Merit


    Course: BS Civil Engineering School: UP Los Baños
    Year of Award: 2021

    Suitability Mapping of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in


    _________________________Negros Oriental, Philippines__________________________
    Title of Thesis
    Brief Rationale
    In the recent study of Jones et al. (2021), about 50% of total wastewater globally is being
    treated which is a big leap from the previous estimate of 20% in 2015. This improvement can
    be attributed to the advancement of technologies and approaches in treating wastewater
    especially in high-income regions. Although this is a promising result, the uneven progress in
    treating wastewater across the world is still significant due to the lack of resources for treatment
    facilities and rapid population growth in developing countries — like the Philippines — since
    convenient types of wastewater treatment plants are expensive that can be financially
    unbearable to such countries. One of the known cheaper alternative systems in treating
    wastewater is Constructed Wetland (CW) which is an efficient nature-based system that is
    relatively less expensive and has low operational requirement. This can give a solution to
    improve the wastewater treatment in Negros Oriental through the effective adoptation of CW to
    different places in the province wherein the first step involves siting suitable locations specific
    to this type of technology. Furthermore, the best practice CW in the country is in Bayawan City,
    Negros Oriental which will be the immediate source of information in the process of siting.
    Additionally, this study can also be a basis for policy making since there is no set guidelines yet
    specific to siting CW for wastewater treatment in the Philippines.
    Cited Literature:
    JONES, E. R., VAN VLIET, M. T. H., QADIR, M., & BIERKENS, M. F. P. (2021). Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater
    production, collection, treatment and reuse. Earth System Science Data, 13(2), 237–254. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-237-2021
    Objectives
    This study generally aims to create a suitability map of constructed wetlands for
    wastewater treatment in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Specifically, it aims to:
    a. Identify factors based on literature and consultation with experts
    b. Create maps of spatial distribution of standardized factors
    c. Calculate the factor weight using AHP; and
    d. Generate the suitability map using Weighted Overlay Method
    Methodology
    In this study, a Multicriteria Evaluation (MCE) Techniques will be applied to Geographical
    Information System (GIS), specifically ArcGIS, in creating the suitability map of constructed
    wetlands for wastewater treatment in Negros Oriental, Philippines. The factors that will be
    considered are mainly socioeconomic, which are Land Use, Distance to Water Bodies, Distance
    to Population Center, Slope, and Soil Type. Other categories will be made as restrictions to
    determine areas that must be excluded from the analysis. In this case, the bases of buffer zones
    are surface water, natural wetlands, privately owned areas, protected areas, airports, and active
    faults. In assignation of weight per factor, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) will be integrated
    in the analysis, wherein in the process of deciding and calculating, a guidance from an expert
    in the field will be needed. Moreover, base data will be from public database like Geoportal
    Philippines and United States Geological Survey (USGS).

    Noted by:
    __________________________________ ______PERLIE P. VELASCO, PhD______
    Signature of Scholar Printed Name and Signature of Thesis Adviser

    1/18/2023
    __________________________________ __________________________________
    Date Date

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