My mom and dad used to say, for n number of years since we frequented Boracay in 1995, then Siargao in 1997, we had the same experience all over and over, when you put your behind on the seat of the transport that will take you home, you smell very unpleasant. Or if you showered, those beside you smell like manure. There is a need re-engineer the design and build paradigm of Philippine resorts. The most important factor is waste water management, septage management.
In the newly emerging surfing capital of the country, the experience of Visayas and Mindanao resorts had to be rethinked. We tried to advocate cleaner resort concept through proper management of sewage and water systems, so the concept is slowly building up. Boracay is slowly being retrofitted. So there is need to encourage the entire town of Baler to rally to the concept of building a waste water management, septage management facility for the whole population as well as take charge of the effluents coming from the upper regions from where the rivers of Baler receive streams of wastes and toxins, microorganisms and chemicals produced by other enclaves external Baler’s population.
White Wave Resorts proposes to the Baler and Aurora people to build the waste water treatment and septage management facility as long as in the long run, even in very, very small trickles, the resort will receive a return on its investment. If the people of Baler agree to this, it will be to the benefit of the town and its beautiful, wonderful tourists that will bring enormous livelihood opportunities for the locality. Plus, all the waste water that can be treated from the facility will be usable once more.
When anyone rides the enclosed bus, car, or helicopter, other form of transport back home from surfing in the White Waves of Sabang Beach and other surfing places in the vicinity, at least one will not smell or be able to smell from others, the unmistakable scent of shit.
