Dagupan has color-coding for its river system
The Dagupan City government, through the city agriculture office, is now in the process of implementing a color-coding scheme for the river system to guide fisherfolk in the city with their daily aquaculture operations and activities.
City agriculturist Emma Molina said that water quality monitoring boards carrying three different colors will be deployed in 10 identified critical zones and water sampling stations, namely: Pugaro, Lasip Grande, boundary of Dagupan and Binmaley, Talaib-Tocok, Watac area, waiting shed near DCNHS, Dawel, Calmay Ilocano, Calmay-Carael and Magsaysay area.
Under the scheme, the color blue will indicate that the water quality parameter reading is within the acceptable ranges required for aquaculture; orange to indicate imminent danger, and red to warn that water is not safe for aquaculture operations and total harvest of stocks is recommended.
Personnel from the agriculture office will conduct daily water quality monitoring and submit water sampling for analysis to regularly update information on the water quality monitoring board.
“We will assign one person in each area to see to it that the information board will not be lost or vandalized,” Molina said.
The agriculture office will be collaborating with the officers and members of the Barangay Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Council (BFARMC) and the barangay council.#
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