PROGRESS OF THE PROPOSED NEXUS PROJECT City of Santa Rosa, Philippines

PROGRESS OF THE PROPOSED
NEXUS PROJECT
City of Santa Rosa, Philippines
ERLINDA C. CREENCIA
City ENRO
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An OVERVIEW of the Proposed NEXUS Project
What are the current issues that can be
addressed by the proposed NEXUS
project?
• Informal settlers locate their shanties along riverbanks which are
considered high risk areas vulnerable to flooding
• Both solid and liquid (sewage) wastes from the communities along
the riverbanks are the major factors contributing to the pollution of the
river and eventually end up polluting Laguna Lake.
The PROJECT : Housing for the Informal Settlers of Brgy.
Labas and City Government employees utilizing the
vacuum sewer system
• Relocation of 168 families (about 840 individuals) to the proposed site
which has area of 1.3842 hectares (2 lots, each with an area of
6,921sqm)
• Provision of housing for 162 families of City Government employees
for the proposed three-storey building within an area of 8,305 sqm.
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PROJECT UPDATES
Site Development Plan had been
finalized
Cost estimates for the project is
underway with the assistance of GIZ
experts
Identified / tagged the families to be
relocated
Identified the NEXUS partners from
the National Government (National
Housing Authority and Home
Development Mutual Fund) and the
Private sector (Laguna Water
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PROJECT UPDATES
Initial talks have been made
with NHA and HDMF for
possible windows to finance the
project (i.e.NHA’s socialized
housing program and HDMF’s
group housing loan program or
individual housing loans)
Regular meeting of the Santa
Rosa Nexus Team with GIZ and
ICLEI technical experts
Integration/Mainstreaming of
the NEXUS concept into the
updating of the City’s
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CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED
Introduction of the concept of ‘multi-storey / tenement-style’
housing among the informal settlers (ownership of the property)
Designing the housing units in such a way that it would fit the
financial capacities of the beneficiaries with due consideration to
the standards set by the National Housing Authority
Mind-shift of the informal settlers; i.e. willingness to embrace new
system technology (vacuum system)
Intensive education maybe necessary for the adoption of the
‘new’ community with the integration of the nexus approach
Training of the engineering staff for the operation and
maintenance of the system
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EXPECTED BENEFITS
Prevent soil and groundwater pollution from leaching sewage
from traditional 3-chambered non-concrete/earth-lined and
unsealed septic tanks
Abate pollution of surface waters/river systems from pollution
caused by indiscriminate throwing of garbage and direct
discharge of sewage into water bodies
 Reduce water consumption from toilet flushing (vacuum sewer
system use less water as compared to manual or automatic toilet
flushing)
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EXPECTED BENEFITS
Considerable savings in construction costs (only one big threechambered collecting tank will be constructed for the vacuum
sewer system versus the costs that would be incurred for the
construction of 168 units of individual septic tanks)
Reduced environmental and health risks from contaminated
groundwater and polluted rivers
 Transfer of informal settlers from high risk / flood-prone areas to
safe and environmentally-sound and sustainable community
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LESSONS LEARNT
 Completion of the project will promote the efforts of the National
Government to intensify the advocacy for the use of alternative and
renewable sources of energy
Sustainable use of resources strengthens a wide range of
ecosystem services and maintains the human life support
 Integrated planning of the different sectors for one particular
project saves time, cost and effort
Partnership with the private sector and National Government
Agencies is necessary to level the playing field among nexus
sectors and actors
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THANK YOU!