CITY OF MALOLOS — Typhoon Falcon and Southwest Monsoon or Habagat rains slightly raised the water elevation of Angat Dam on Tuesday morning (Aug. 1).
Records from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Bulacan showed that Angat Dam’s water level Tuesday morning was at 195.88 meters compared to its previous day 195.05 meters.
The dam provides potable water supply to Metro Manila residents and irrigation supply to Bulacan and parts of Pampanga’s rice lands.
Meanwhile, Josephine Salazar, National Irrigation Administration regional director for Central Luzon said that Ipo and Bustos Dams were still discharging water as of 8 on Tuesday.
Ipo Dam was still releasing a total of 34.70 cubic meters per second (CMS) of water while Bustos Dam was discharging a total of 80 CMS from its Sluice Gates 1,2 and 3 that were raised at one meter each, Salazar added. (UnliNews Online)
