DLSU HWR team highlights LID in 1st International Interdisciplinary Water Studies (iWatCon22)

On November 10-11, 2022, DLSU HWR researchers and graduate students joined the 1st International Conference for Interdisciplinary Water Studies (iWatCon22) via Zoom platform.

With the theme “Reimagining Water Future: Connecting the Visible and Invisible", iWatCon22 served as an avenue for local, regional, and international exchange of insights, knowledge, and practices on sustainable water resources management to reimagine the future of water, benchmark the invisible, and link the invisible and visible.

iWatCon22 is organized by the UPLB Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Water in partnership with UP Office of International Linkages, DOST PCAARRD, SEARCA, and BP Integrated Technologies, Inc.


Aimed at mainstreaming Low Impact Development studies in the , DLSU HWR team presented the following papers:


Oral Presentation:

Barriers to adoption of Low Impact Development for Stormwater Management in Emerging Cities: Case of Bataan, Philippines

Gil Cruz, Rommel Glenn Mendova, Maan Josue, & Marla Maniquiz-Redillas

Best Paper - Oral Presentation


Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Traditional and Low Impact Development Stormwater Structures in a Residential Subdivision in the Philippines

Sergi Garbanzos & Marla Maniquiz-Redillas


Simulating the Applicability of LID in Palo Bypass Road Using SWMM

Johaimin S. Panalondong, Karlo Bryan O. Ng Cha, Sergi Garbanzos & Marla Maniquiz-Redillas


Poster Presentation:

A Correlation Analysis of Modified Rusle Factors For The Development of Site-Specific Rainfall-induced Erosion Control Practices

Denzel Keith G. Orieta


Meanwhile, the paper by Gil Cruz, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Marla Maniquiz-Redillas bagged the Best Paper - Oral Presentation Award under the Parallel Session Water Policy and Governance. The said paper was part of the Liveable City project, a DOST-funded project implemented by Gil Cruz.

Gil Cruz receives his certificate of recognition for bagging the Best Paper - Oral Presentation Award

Gil Cruz presents his paper entitled “Barriers to adoption of Low Impact Development for Stormwater Management in Emerging Cities: Case of Bataan, Philippines”