1.     Management and Planning Support

• Contribution to Master Planning (development of strategic vision)

• Action programming to meet the goals of the master plan

• Prescription of water quality criteria specific for the Laguna de Bay water system

• Optimal planning of user functions for ZOMAP Project

• Impact assessment of activities

• Calamity assessment (phytoplankton blooms, oil spills, industrial accidents, etc.)

2.     Development Support

• Identification and assessment of promising projects1

3.     Review/support of projects

• Review of proposed development projects by third parties

• Contribution to and evaluation of EIA

• Engineering support (sewage and sanitation schemes, reclamation activities, etc.)

4.     Integrated research

• Efficient data storage and analysis (LLDA routine monitoring programs):  This would include study on observed changes, trend analysis, early warning and compliance with DENR criteria

• Study on key processes in the lake (sedimentation processes, phytoplankton species competition, grazing, etc.)

• Impact of yet unknown processes as atmospheric deposition, internal loading, etc. Marketing and promotional activities

• Preparation of advanced presentation material (animations, GIS maps, etc.)

• DSS output for sale (GIS maps, LdB Atlas, processed data)

• Organization of workshops using MCA software

• Networking (support DSS, interactions with external institutes and universities, presentations at scientific conferences, etc.)