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INTRODUCTION TO
SANITARY ENGINEERING:

History of Sanitary
Engineering Practice in the
Philippines.
WHAT IS SANITARY
ENGINEERING?





Sanitary Engineering is the application
of engineering methods to improve
sanitation of human communities,
primarily by providing the removal and
disposal of human waste, in addition to the
supply of safe potable water.




The History of Sanitary
Engineering Practice in the
Philippines.

HISTORY
The history of the Board is inextricably and
intimately intertwined with the field of sanitary
engineering itself. The latter had its unheralded
genesis sometime in the early and mid-forties, when
the Institute of Hygiene (now called the College of
Public Health) of the University of the Philippines
(UP) began a curricular program in the field of public
health. The curriculum included a subject on the main
principles of preventive medicine using engineering
principles. The course was intended for all students
taking medicine and paramedical courses like nursing,
dentistry, pharmacy and health education.



HISTORY

ENGR. EMILIO EJERCITO
- one of the earliest practitioners of sanitary
engineering in the Philippines.

During academic year 1943-44, when the Japanese
forces allowed a select few colleges of the UP to open,
Dr. Reynaldo M. Lesaca was appointed initially as
assistant instructor of sanitary engineering under Dr.
Hilario Lara, then Dean of the Institute of Hygiene.

HISTORY

The UP reopened in mid-1945 after the war and
mass graduations were held for those who were
unable to graduate because of the Japanese
occupation. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the
war-damaged country then began and one of the first
to be rehabilitated was the public water supply and
public sanitation services of Manila and surrounding
areas.

HISTORY

By the early fifties, a consensus emerged
among the academicians and civil engineers to
recognize sanitary engineering as a separate and
highly specialized field encompassing, as it did,
biology, sanitary chemistry and water analysis and
related water and wastewater treatment against
pollution.

HISTORY

It was in 1951 when the idea of having a society
among practitioners of sanitary engineering finally
resulted in the birth of the Philippine Society of
Sanitary Engineers (PSSE).
Engr. Antonio Menor, then Metropolitan Water
District chief, was elected president. He was
succeeded by Engr. Lamberto Un Ocampo and later
on by Engr. Emilio Ejercito.
HISTORY

Soon after the election in 1953 of President
Ramon Magsaysay, the MWD was reorganized into
the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority, or
NAWASA, mainly through the efforts of Engr. Susano
R. Negado. Engr. Negado helped draft a law
recognizing sanitary engineering (SE) as a separate
engineering specialty.
HISTORY

In addition, the PSSE lobbied for the passage of
Republic Act No. 1364 which was enacted into law on
18 June 1955. Entitled An Act to Regulate the
Practice of SE in the Philippines, R.A. 1364 defined
the scope of the SE practice and the creation of a
Board of Examiners, under the then Civil Service
Commission, which at that time was attached to the
Office of the President.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1364

ARTICLE I. Title of Act and Definition of Terms
(Section 1-2)
ARTICLE II. Board of Examiners for Sanitary Engineers
(Section 3-10)
ARTICLE III. Examination for Registration
(Section 11-24)
ARTICLE IV. Enforcement of Act and Penal Provisions
(Section 25-27)
ARTICLE V. Miscellaneous Provisions
(Section 28-35)

HISTORY

The first Board was composed of Susano R.
Negado as Chairman with Lucio Javier and Oscar
Ilustre as Members. Its very first Resolution No. 1,
series of 1956 was to design an appropriate seal of
the Board, pursuant to Section 19 of R.A. 1364. The
also Board promulgated the first set of Implementing
Rules and Regulations on December 23, 1955.

HISTORY

With the issuance on June 22, 1973 of
Presidential Decree No. 223, the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) was created. The
Board of Examiners was placed under the PRC as a
successor to the Civil Service Commission. In 1982,
the Code of Ethics for Sanitary Engineers was drafted
by the Board in cooperation and consultation with
PSSE. On September 27, 1983, the Code was
approved by the Board and the Commission.

HISTORY
On August 29, 1994, the Board held its
first fully-computerized licensure examinations,
releasing the results on November 21, 1994.
The following served as Chairman of the Board:
Susano R. Negado (1955-1972),
Ricardo H. Concepcion (1972-1976),
Ernesto J. Battad (1977-1980),
Eduardo M. del Fiero (1981-1986),
Porthos P. Almajose (1987-1992),
Eluderio S. Salva (1993-1994),
Antonio E. Kaimo (1995-1998)
and Reynaldo M. Lesaca (1998-present).




The General Practice
of
Sanitary Engineering



General Practice of Sanitary
Engineering
Any person who shall practice or offer to
practice sanitary engineering in the Philippines
without being registered in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, or any person presenting or
attempting to use as his own the certificate of
registration of a registered sanitary engineer, or any
person who shall give any false or forged evidence of
any kind to the Board, or any person who shall
impersonate any registrant sanitary engineer of
different name, or any person who shall attempt to
General Practice of Sanitary
Engineering
use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration,
or any person who shall use in connection with his
name, or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title
or description tending to convey the impression that
he is a sanitary engineer, without holding a valid
certificate of registration, or any person who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to a fine of not less than five hundred
pesos nor more than two thousand pesos, or to suffer
General practice of Sanitary
Engineering
imprisonment for a period of not less than six
months nor more than one year, or both, in the
discretion of the court.






Schools offering Environmental &
Sanitary Engineering :



Schools offering Environmental
& Sanitary Engineering :
Batangas State University
De la Salle University Dasmarinas
John Paul II College
Mapua Institute of Technology
National University
Partido State University
St. Paul University
Technological Institute of the Philippines
University of Baguio
University of the Cordilleras
University of Northern Philippines- Vigan
Western Mindanao State University

ROSTER OF PSSE PAST
PRESIDENTS

1. Antonio Menor
2. Lambeto Un Ocampo
3. Lucio Javier
4. Cesar G. Cabrera
5. Emilio Ejercito
6. Oscar I. Ilustre
7. Ernesto J. Battad
8. Eluderio S. Salvo
9. Albert Q. Suguitan
10. Porthos Almajose
11. Armando T. Fernandez
ROSTER OF PSSE PAST
PRESIDENTS

12. Bernardo N. Buenaventura -
13. Florencio G. Cunanan -
14. Alfredo B. Espino -
15. Corazon Delos Reyes- Romero -
16. Isidro Fajardo
17. Anthony Jerome M. Lara -
18. Nelson S. Se, Sr. - 2002-2003
19. Francisco S. Bravo - 2004-2005
20. Ranulfo C. Feliciano - 2006-2009
21. Ascencion G. Fonte, Jr. - 2010-2011
Let us not become weary
in doing good,
for at the proper time
we will reap a harvest
if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
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