Engr. Sergeo Cruz

19/09/2026

The Philippines was named as the deadliest country in Asia for environmental defenders for the 13th consecutive year, climate justice watchdog Global Witness reported. https://tinyurl.com/bdd6kfty

13/09/2026

Before you tell someone, “You’re only like that because you’re used to being the boss,” or “You’re just used to giving orders,” try investing years of your own time, money, and knowledge into building something first.

Then come back and tell me why they became that way.

Don’t judge the attitude of someone whose struggles, responsibilities, and sacrifices you’ve never had the courage to carry.

You’re quick to criticize the way they lead—but have you ever built anything worth leading?

21/07/2026

🎳🎱 𝙍𝙊𝙇𝙇 2-𝙂𝙀𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍: 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨

Great engineering partnerships are built not only in project sites and boardrooms—but also through friendship, teamwork, and shared experiences.

The Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers (PSSE), in partnership with the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers – Quezon City Chapter (PICE-QC), proudly invites you to join the inaugural:

𝑷𝑰𝑪𝑬-𝑸𝑪 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 & 𝑷𝑺𝑺𝑬 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍 2-𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓
𝑨𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝑩 𝑭𝒖𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

📅 August 29, 2026 (Saturday)
🕖 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Paeng's Gateway Bowl, Gateway Mall, Cubao, Quezon City

This one-day fellowship event brings together engineers, industry partners, sponsors, colleagues, and friends for an exciting day of:
🎳 Bowling Tournament
🎱 Billiards Tournament
🤝 Professional Networking
🏆 Friendly Competition
🎉 Fellowship and Camaraderie

Whether you're aiming for the championship or simply looking to connect with fellow professionals, this event is an opportunity to strengthen relationships across the engineering community while enjoying a day of fun and sportsmanship.

Registration Fees
🎳 Bowling: ₱875 per player or ₱3,500 per team (4 players)
🎱 Billiards: ₱750 per player (Singles) | ₱1,500 per team (Doubles)

Exciting cash prizes, trophies, medals, and sponsor giveaways await the winners!

Let's continue building stronger connections and lasting partnerships—because engineering goes beyond calculations, designs, and construction.

Engineering Beyond Blueprints.



📩 Registration is now OPEN!
To register or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, send us a message through the PSSE National page or contact your nearest PSSE or PICE-QC officer. This makes the post actionable instead of being purely informational.

26/06/2026

Integrity Over Compliance

There have been reports and discussions within the industry regarding alleged practices where clean water is introduced into an effluent sampling line, resulting in laboratory samples that do not accurately represent the actual treated wastewater.

If these allegations prove to be true, they undermine everything that environmental compliance is supposed to protect.

As one of the leaders in Ariescor Water, we cannot tolerate this kind of practice.

Compliance is not about passing a laboratory test.

Compliance is about protecting our rivers, groundwater, communities, and future generations.

At Ariescor Water, we have one non-negotiable principle:

The sample collected by the laboratory must represent the actual effluent leaving the treatment plant—nothing more, nothing less.

We never allow shortcuts, artificial dilution, hidden bypasses, or any form of manipulation simply to obtain a passing laboratory result.

In fact, we view commissioning failures very differently.

If our treatment plant does not initially meet the required effluent standards during commissioning or process proving, we do not hide the results.

We study them.

Every failed laboratory result becomes valuable engineering data.

Those results help us:

• Improve our biological processes.
• Refine our equipment design.
• Optimize our control philosophy.
• Strengthen our operating procedures.
• Build better technologies for future projects.

Engineering is a process of continuous learning.

A failed test is not a failure of character.

Manipulating the test is.

The goal should never be to “look compliant.”

The goal should be to be compliant.

Environmental engineering exists to protect the environment—not to deceive regulators.

This is the culture we continue to build at Ariescor Water.

Because real innovation begins with real data.

And real environmental stewardship begins with integrity.

27/03/2026

“This is where it starts. Miss this, and the rest won’t make sense.”

PSSE presents the FIRST-EVER Multi-Part Wastewater Masterclass Series — the First of its kind in the Philippines 🇵🇭

We don’t jump to design.
We don’t jump to operation.

We start where it actually matters.

👉 Part 1: Fundamentals

Because everything you’ll learn in next parts depends on this.

This is not just a webinar.
It’s a complete learning journey.

Miss the foundation—and the rest collapses.

This is not a standalone webinar—this is a structured progression.
Each session builds on the last.

⚠️ If you skip Part 1, you will struggle to catch up in Parts 2 and onwards

👉 Secure your slots now.
Serious professionals only.

💧 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔: 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 1

Are you ready to dive deep into the fundamentals of wastewater management? Join the Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers (PSSE), Inc. for a comprehensive two-day webinar designed to sharpen your technical expertise and industry knowledge.

📅 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬

Dates: May 1 & 2, 2026
Time: 08:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Platform: Online Webinar

🎙️ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬
Learn directly from seasoned leaders in the field:

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗠. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀, 𝗝𝗿. – President & CEO, Uniklean Enviro Construction Corp.

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗟. 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼 – Engineer III / Chief, Manila Bay Coordinating Unit, DENR-EMB R3

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗖. 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘇 – Chairman & CEO, Ariescor Water

🎟️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐬

Invest in your professional growth with our tiered rates:
₱2,000.00 – Early Bird (PSSE Members until Mar. 31)
₱2,500.00 – Regular PSSE Members (Apr. 1 onwards)
₱3,000.00 – Regular Non-members/Non-SE
₱1,500.00 – Students

📝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧

Pay the Fee: Via Direct Bank Deposit, Online Banking, or Transfer.
Bank: PNB
Account Name: Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers, Inc. | PSSE, INC.
Account Number: 1079-7000-2671
Register: https://forms.gle/Y9GD2nCA748yZLDR7 or Scan the QR code in the flyer to fill out the form and upload your proof of payment.

Questions? Reach out to us at [email protected] or contact 0942 471 4214 / 0917 307 2955.

20/03/2026

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MANILA – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Juan Miguel Cuna said Thursday that the Philippines is at risk of “water bankruptcy” as demand continues to outpace natural replenishment. In a press briefing during the 2026 World Water Day event in Manila, Cuna…

16/02/2026

✨ 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬! ✨

Take advantage of the 50% 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙁𝙚𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 — pay only ₱250.00 when you register on or before February 19, 2026.

📅 Oath-taking: February 23, 2026
✅ A special initiative by the PSSE Board to support new professionals and encourage timely registration.

🔗 Register now! https://forms.gle/ezYFRycH45gWuFWk9

03/02/2026

Performance-Based Sanitation Engineering

Just because something meets the rules doesn’t mean it’s doing its best to keep us healthy.
And what really keeps us safe is how well it performs.

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For years, sanitation projects have been judged mainly on:
• design approval,
• construction completion,
• commissioning results.

Once a plant is ready and declared “compliant,” it’s easy to forget about it—until something goes wrong, overflows, or doesn’t pass inspection.

This approach assumes that just getting the standards right once is enough.

But it’s not.

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Sanitation engineering needs to move from focusing on just meeting the rules to really focusing on how well it works.

Meeting the rules answers the question:

“Does this meet the minimum standards today?”

But performance answers the tougher questions:
• Does the system run smoothly every day?
• Can it handle unexpected events, weather changes, and staff changes?
• Are the costs for energy, chemicals, and maintenance manageable?
• Can we track and prove how well it’s working?

A system that’s compliant but unreliable is still a problem.

True success in sanitation engineering is measured over many years, not just when it’s first built.

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Commitment / Direction (Vision for PSSE)

As part of PSSE leadership, I think the profession should start to see:
• performance indicators, not just design requirements
• thinking about long-term operation when designing
• being responsible even after the project is finished.

Engineering gets more respect when we’re judged by what we achieve, not just what we plan.

Performance-based thinking is how sanitation engineering builds trust—with regulators, communities, and decision-makers.

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If you’re designing systems, ask yourself how they’ll perform after a year.
If you’re reviewing projects, ask how you’ll measure their performance.
If you’re running facilities, keep a record of what’s actually working.

Performance isn’t extra work.
It’s the real work.

02/02/2026

🌿 World Wetlands Day — February 2

Wetlands are not “idle land.” They are natural infrastructure. They store floodwaters, filter pollution, recharge groundwater, protect coastlines, and support fisheries and biodiversity. When wetlands are destroyed, floods worsen, water quality collapses, and disaster costs explode. You either protect wetlands now—or pay for engineered fixes forever.

In the Philippines, wetlands are frontline defenses against flooding and storm surge, especially in coastal and low-lying cities. Sites like Las Piñas–Parañaque Wetland Park, Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, and Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary prove one thing: protect wetlands, and communities become more resilient. Reclaim or pollute them, and floods, water contamination, and ecological loss follow—guaranteed.

• Protect: Oppose reclamation and encroachment on wetlands.
• Reduce pollution: Practice proper waste segregation; stop dumping into waterways.
• Restore: Support mangrove and wetland rehabilitation programs.
• Participate: Join wetland cleanups, awareness events, or local conservation drives.
• Demand better planning: Push LGUs to treat wetlands as flood-control and water-quality assets, not vacant land.

Wetlands save lives, water, and money. Ignore them—and nature sends the bill.

28/01/2026

Congratulations to the January 2026 Sanitary Engineering Licensure Examination passers.

Passing the board exam is not the finish line.
It is the point where accountability begins.

As a Sanitary Engineer since 2019, a member of the Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers Inc., and someone who has spent the last 6 years designing, building, and operating real water and wastewater treatment systems — I’ll say this plainly:

The license gives you authority.
Your decisions will determine whether communities are protected or put at risk.

In practice, no one will ask for your rating.
They will ask if your system works, if your numbers are defensible, and if you are willing to stand by your design when budgets, timelines, and pressure push people toward shortcuts.

Welcome to the profession.
Protect public health. Respect the science. And never forget that sanitary engineering is a public trust.

To the new engineers: keep learning on site — theory earns the license, judgment earns respect.