The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) resolved to respond to the country's pressing problem on poverty alleviation through a technology-based holistic approach -from providing sustainable livelihood, provision of the basic need for potable water and creating a sound and healthy environment. On the whole, this approach advocates the need for science and technology interventions as the only way to go for a better quality of life.
Zeroing in on initiatives for a healthy environment, the newly-developed portable eco-friendly septic system enhanced with organominerals (OM) for disaster areas as part of rehabilitation activities has also found application in condominiums, other housing projects and now in hotels and areas where wastewater treatment is a problem.