Have you take a bath, brush your teeth, watered your crops? What did you used in these activities? The answer, yes it is Water. What do we mean by water? Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H₂O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at temperatures above 0 °C (273.15 K, 32 °F) at sea level, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state (water vapor or steam). Water also exists in a liquid crystal state near hydrophilic surfaces. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, and is vital for all known forms of life. Can you live without water? No, we can survive without solid food for about a week but we can’t live without water. Our country is blessed with its water resources for the Philippines’ is surrounded with water. We earn from it, live with it and enjoy life with its use. So, let us discover one of an Act ion our constitution that provide for a comprehensive water pollution control policy. And that is the Clean Water Act of 2001. It is hereby declared the policy of the state to protect its water resources with the framework of sustainable development toward promotion of economic growth while conserving and preserving a balanced and healthful ecology.

The environmental management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has the responsibility for the implementation and enforcement of the provision of the Clean Water Act. It has jurisdiction over all aspects of water quality and water pollution.

Local Government unit and entities are intended to undertake plan and projects which will affect water quality. Every individual has a social responsibility to protect our water resources. Placement of any solid, liquid or gaseous matter that pollutes the water bed or cause water pollution, construction and installation of any apparatus, equipment that discharges poisonous pollutant into the water is prohibited and punishable by the law. Different establishment should have their own water treatment facility to lessen the pollutant in the water.

Government, national and local agencies shall encourage the business and industrial sectors, through the formulation of appropriate processes and procedure that protect the environment and manufacture environmental products and introduce process that reduce waste pollution.

Any person violated the act is punishable of not less fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than two (2) years but not more than six (6) years, or both, in the discretion of the Court. If the offense is committed by a corporation, partnership, or other juridical entity duly organized in accordance with law, the chief executive officer, president, general manager, managing partner or such other officer-in-charge of the business operations shall be liable for the commission of the offense penalized under this Act. If the offender is an alien, he shall, after service of the sentence prescribed above, be deported without further administrative proceedings.

All the generated income from fines, fees and penalties of the different individuals and institution can be used directly by the government institution to different projects and programs as a fund in protecting and preserving bodies of water.

Aside from oxygen (air) that is essential to human. Water is needed to sustain life on earth. We Filipinos are fortunate to be surrounded with water; we all have an access to clean water that we can use. It helps us to live. From household activities, personal use, agriculture, industries, mining to recreation, we use water and we earn from it and contribute in economic development and growth. Since we enjoy most of our activities involving water, we humans should act as one in saving, preserving and protecting our water resources.

Nowadays shortage of water supply is experienced by some of our countrymen. They still get their water from well, river and other bodies of water; the sad part of it is they have to take a long journey to get some water. Nature has its own way of getting retaliation to humans; let us not wait for the day that we are going to suffer from water lost.Act now do something before all the water resources looks like this;