Environmental Engineering

Introduction about myself

Hi I am Nelson John M. Alcantara, I am a student of Don Bosco Technical College here in Mandaluyong taking up Mechanical Engineering. I chose this course because I love math and I am fond with cars. Here in my blog I will discuss about the different environmental problems especially here in the Philippines. Problems that affects our lives that can cause us stress & inconvenience. Our group will choose one problem that we can overcome and discuss its root cause.

Environment problems

Here in the Philippines we have a very beautiful places & wonderful nature view, the tropical weather that is very suitable for beaches & weather that helps the farmers grow their plants in good condition. But today environment in the Philippines is getting worse due to climate change, pollution, & hardheadedness of the people living here. On our first meeting in Environmental Engineering, our professor Ma’am Llorente, introduced & discussed us about the course/subject. I was reminded about the problems on our environment that badly needs solution in order for us to live an organized, clean, safe, at peace, & better everyday lives. Solution to this problems is also a must so that our planet to last longer.

Brainstorming

Our group chose top five (5) environmental issues that we can handle & study to find a better solution for the progress of our country & countrymen. The five (5) issues are; Flood At May Silo Circle Mandaluyong City, Traffic at the Intersection of Gabby’s, Burning of Garbage, Garbage in front of BPI at Kalentong Street, Mandaluyong City & Old Vehicles. Our group is willing to study all five (5) problems but only one is needed, so we chose Flood at May Silo Circle Mandaluyong City. We chose this topics because most of us are affected on this inconvenience that took us an hour just to go to places that usually cause only a few minutes.

Flood at May Silo Circle Mandaluyong City

The construction of drainage system at May Silo Circle Mandaluyong started in March 2014, until now it is still under construction that cause the area to smell bad because of clogged water, causes heavy traffic, inconvenience to pedestrians & slows down business around the area . The diagram below shows the root cause of the problem. May Silo Circle always has flood because of clogged canals that even a small amount of rain can cause inconvenience. Clogged canal can occur because of the garbage improperly thrown by the people, it might because of the lack of garbage can or lack of self-discipline of the people. Large amount of garbage can be also caused by the overpopulation here in Metro Manila, that every person access that road may leave a certain garbage due to again lack of garbage can.

Piping system is being rehabilitated because the present piping system can no longer hold large amount of water which slower the current of water hence flood will occur. As seen on the diagram the root cause of all problem will fall into our government. Garbage cans are few maybe because the government do not regulate proper waste management, the improvement of drainage system is delayed until now maybe the government do not have full control on companies or its contractor or maybe the project implementation practices corruption. That's why in order to solve the problem on the flood near Mandaluyong City Hall, the government should not be corrupt and should spent well the budget correctly. Our propose problem can be studied much more and our group will assure that we can solve or find a more solution to this problem.

Names of the participants

• Nelson John M. Alcantara
• John Joshua G. Henson
• Jan Patrick Q. Sanchez
• Christian Kim G. Sale