OBJECTIVES
- To clean the esteros and water bodies by mobilizing estero communities and getting them involved in clean-ups and implementing plans towards cleaner esteros and water bodies;
- To institutionalize good sanitation and solid waste management practices among estero communities through education and actual participation;
- To reduce water-borne disease particularly among children and vulnerable groups; To reduce the incidence and risks of prolonged flooding caused by impeded water flow;
- To minimize additional pollution loads into receiving surface waters, e.g., lakes and seas; and
- To sustain integration through the strengthening of public private-community partnerships, mainstreaming into regular LGU programs and passage of complementary local policies.