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DAMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. Ambuklao Dam is part of a hydroelectric facility in Brgy. Ambuklao, Bokod, Benguet province in

the Philippines. The development of the Agno River for purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control,
and irrigation had been conceived as early as the late 1940s. Preliminary investigations for development at Ambuklao
and Binga Dam sites were undertaken as early as January 1948. With maximum water storage capacity of
327,170,000 cubic metres (265,240 acre·ft), the facility, which is located 36 km (22 mi) from Baguio city, can
produce up to 105 megawatts of electricity to Luzon grid. The main source of water comes from the Agno River
which originates from Mt. Data.
Type of dam: Central Core Rock-fill Embankment
Impounds: Agno River
Height: 129 m
Length: 452 m
Width (base): 8.50 m
Spillways: 8
Total capacity: 327,170,000 m3 with no sedimentation
Active capacity: 258,000,000 m3 with no sedimentation
Catchment area: 690 km2
Surface area: 7.5 km2
2. The Agusan Hydroelectric Plant, the downstream facility of two proposed plants, was constructed in
Damilag, Manolo, Fortich, andBukidnon[1] to serve the immediate domestic and industrial requirements of the area.
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 The watershed is small, and covers an area of around 25 km 2 at the diversion dam. [3] The run-of-river plant consists
of two 800-kW turbine generators that use water from the Agusan River to generate electricity. It is connected to the
local distribution grid Cepalco through the Transco distribution line.
Type of dam: Concrete Flow
Impounds: Agusan River
Height: 1 m
Length: 22 m
Spillway type: Trapezoid, Overflow Type
Total capacity: 2,996 million cubic meters
Surface area: 117 km²
Max. water depth: 193 meters

3. Angat Dam is a concretewater reservoirembankment hydroelectricdam that supplies theManila metropolitan

areawater. It was a part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system. The reservoir supplies about 90 percent of raw water
requirements for Metro Manila through the facilities of theMetropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and it
irrigates about 28,000 hectares of farmland in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga.
Angat Dam is located in Barangay San Lorenzo (Hilltop), Norzagaray, Bulacan. It supplies potable water to
Metro Manila and powers a hydro-electric power plant. The dam is 131 meters high and impounds water from the
Angat River that subsequently created the Angat Lake. Angat dam has a normal high water level of 210 meters,
according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). It has
three gates opening a total of 1.5 meters to gradually release water that had accumulated due to incessant rains during
typhoons.
Impounds: Angat River
Height: 131 m (430 ft)
Length: 568 m (1,864 ft)
Width (base): 550 m (1,800 ft)
Creates: Angat Reservoir
Total capacity: 850×106 m3(30×109 cu ft)

4. Aragon Dam is anirrigation dam in Davao Oriental, Philippines. It is situated in the barangay of Aragon,

about 12 km (7.5 mi) west of the town ofCateel. The current dam was completed within just seven months although
initial development started in 2012 was disrupted byTyphoons Bopha andLingling (local names: Pablo and Agaton).
The dam is part of the Cateel Irrigation Project, the biggest project by the Mindanao Rural Development Project, both
in physical and financial terms, costing about ₱281 million. The dam is expected to provide irrigation to over 1,600
hectares of rice fields spanning eleven barangays of Cateel.
Type of dam: Gravity
Impounds: Cateel River
Height: 5.5 m (18 ft)
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5. Binga Dam is a dam inAgno River connected to ahydroelectric power plantsituated at Barrio Binga,

Barangay Tinongdan in the municipality of Itogon inBenguet province of thePhilippines. The plant was constructed
in August 1956 and was opened in May 1960, three years after Ambuklao Damwas opened. It is located 31 km
southeast of Baguio City and 19 km downstream of Ambuklao Dam.[2][3] Improvement of the dam is ongoing for it
had received heavy damage during the 1990 Luzon earthquake, and its installed capacity of 100MW is being
upgraded to 120 MW.
Type of dam: Storage, Earth and Rock fill
Impounds: Agno River
Height: 107.37 m.
Length: 215 m
Spillway type: Tainter radial Gates, motor driven Hoist, Chain lift Type
Total capacity: 87.44 million cubic meters
Max. water depth: 193 meters

6. Buhisan Dam is a dam located in Buhisan, Cebu City, Philippines. It is one of the main source of water for
Cebu City and Metro Cebu. Part of Central Cebu Protected Landscape, Buhisan Dam is situated in the mountains of
Barangay Buhisan behind Labangon Cebu. Built in 1911-1912 and maintained by the Metro Cebu Water District, it is
being developed into an eco-tourism location.  It supplies five percent of Metropolitan Cebu Water District's
(MCWD) current water capacity.

7. Bustos Dam also known as Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam is a small irrigation dam at Bustos, Bulacan is
often mistaken by the locals as Angat Damsince it is located close to the nearby town of Angat. The project is located
at Barangay Tibagan, Bustos, Bulacan, served by theAngat River. The main dam is about 18 meters above sea level.
Among the 2.5-meter high, six-span dam’s main features are easily deflatable and inflatable rubber body, resistance
to sedimentation, economical and having auto-deflation system.

Type of dam: Irrigation Dam

Impounds: Angat River
Creates: Bustos Dam Reservoir
Total capacity: 17,000,000 m3
Catchment area: 781 km2
8. Caliraya Dam is anembankment dam located in the town of Lumbanprovince of Laguna, in theSierra
Madre Mountain Range of the Philippines. The reservoir created by the dam, Lake Caliraya, initially supplied one of
the oldest hydroelectric plants in the Philippines, and later became a popular recreational area for numerous water
sports and fishing. The dam construction was started in 1939 and a small hydroelectric plant was operated in 1942.
Lake Caliraya was later connected with another man-made lake, Lumot Lake, to provide more water through a
2.3 km (1.4 mi) underground penstock. Later still the dam and lake were used as the upper reservoir for the Kalayaan
Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric plant located west of Lake Caliraya, with Laguna de Bay as the lower reservoir.
Type of dam: Embankment dam
Impounds: Caliraya River
Spillways: 1
Spillway type: Chute spillway
Creates: Lake Caliraya
Total capacity: Caliraya Dam and Lumot Dam combined 30,000,000 cubic metres (1.1×10 9 cu ft) (between
maximum and minimum level)
Catchment area: 92,000 square metres (990,000 sq ft)

9. Casecnan Irrigation and Hydroelectric Plant is a dam diverting water from the Casecnan and Taan Rivers
to the Pantabangan Reservoir through a 25-kilometre (16 mi) long tunnel located
nearPantabangan and Muñozin Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for
irrigation andhydroelectric power generation while its reservoir affords flood control. It was considered one of the
most expensive hydroelectric plants built in the country, being next only to San Roque Dam.
Impounds: Casecnan Irrigation and Power Generation Project in Rizal, Nueva Ecija
Total capacity: 802,000,000 cubic metres (650,000 acre·ft)

10. Ipo Dam is a gravity concrete water reservoir dam found in thePhilippines. The dam is located about 7.5
kilometres downstream of the Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan province. It was a part of the Angat-Ipo-La
Mesa water system. Its normal level is 101 m. The Ipo Dam is a gravity concrete dam located about 7.5 kilometres
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downstream of the Angat Dam near its confluence with the Ipo River in Bulacan. It was completed in January 1984
with a maximum storage capacity of 7.5 million cubic metres, an increase of about 2,500 million litres per day
(MLD) from the old Ipo Dam, which used to be located 200 metres upstream of the new dam.
The spill level of the dam is at an elevation of 101 metres and it has seven radial floodgates. The watershed
topography is characterised by mountainous terrain similar to the Angat Reservoir Watershed with moderate forest
cover. The watershed has an area of about 70 square kilometers and receives an average annual rainfall of 3,500
millimeters. Tributaries to the Angat River at this section include the Ipo, Sapa Pako and Sapa Anginon Rivers. These
tributaries drain into the Angat River from the eastern section of the watershed. Water from the dam is diverted to the
Novaliches Portal and the La Mesa Dam through three intake structures going down to three connecting tunnels into
five connecting aqueducts.

11. The La Mesa Dam is anearth dam whose reservoircan hold up to 50.5 million cubic meters and occupying
an area of 27 square kilometers inQuezon City, Philippines. It was built in 1929. It is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa
water system, which supplies most of the water supply of Metro Manila. The water collected in the reservoir is
treated on-site by the Maynilad Water Services, and at the Balara Treatment Plant further south by the Manila Water.
Both water companies are private concessionaires awarded by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System,
the government agency in charge of water supply. It is a vital link to the water requirements of 12 million residents of
Metro Manila considering that 1.5 million liters of water pass through this reservoir everyday. It is located in the La
Mesa Watershed Reservation, the last forest of its size in the metropolis.
Impounds: Tullahan River
Total capacity: 50.5 million m3
12. Laiban dam is a proposed bulk water supply project of the Philippine Government slated for construction at
Barangay Laiban in Tanay, Rizal, on the upper portion of the Kaliwa River Watershed. It is intended to relieve Metro
Manila of its overdependence on the water supplied by Angat Dam.Due to controversies regarding the project's
environmental impact and its potential effect on local communities,notably including a community of Remontado
Dumagat people who consider the area part of their ancestral lands,  the project has remained controversial and has
thus been alternatingly approved, deferred, cancelled, and reapproved by the Philippine Government at different
times since the late 1970s.

13. Magat Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The dam is located onMagat River, a
major tributary of Cagayan River. Construction of the dam started in 1975 and completed in 1982. Magat Dam is one
of the largest dams in the Philippines and has two primary purposes: as a source of irrigation water and as a provider
of hydroelectric power.
Type of dam: Rock-fill dam
Impounds: Magat River
Height: 114 m (374 ft)
Length: 4,160 m (13,650 ft)
Surface area: 117 km2 (45 sq mi)
Max. water depth: 193 m (633 ft)
Storage Cap.at Full Supply Level(FSL): 1.08 billion cubic meters
Area at FSL : 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi)
Area at min. Supply Level : 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi)
Elevation at FSL : El. 193 metres (633 ft)
Maximum Flood Level : El. 197.6 metres (648 ft)
Live Storage : 810 million cubic meters

14. The Molino Dam or Prinza Water Dam is agravity dam on the Zapote River located on the border between
Barangay San Nicolas,Bacoor, Cavite and Barangay Talon Dos,Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was built by
hand in the 18th century to irrigate the surrounding rice field in Las Piñas and Bacoor. The Molino Dam is a man-
made irrigation dam - its walls made out of adobe (height ranging from 25-30 stacks) and some parts of the flooring
made out of cobble stones. Series of buttresses support its perimeter walls. Also, the growth of vegetation flourished
because of the natural composition of the building materials. Balete trees and bamboo grasses were within the site.
They contributed to the enhanced structural integrity of the dam. The Molino Dam raised the level of water in the
upper Zapote River three stories high - the same level as the fields. It also separated the freshwater coming from
Almanza and the Molino River from the saltwater of the lower Zapote River. It enabled the irrigation and the rice
farming of vast tracts of dry land in Las Piñas and Bacoor. Molino Dam and its attached water distribution system
was an outstanding feat of hydrological engineering.
Status: Used as a footbridge connecting Las Piñas and Bacoor, Cavite
Impounds: Zapote River Watershed
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Height: 10 meters
Length: 450 meters
Width (base): 600 meters

15. Pantabangan Dam is an earth-fill embankment damon the Pampanga Riverlocated in Pantabangan in

Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for irrigation andhydroelectric power
generation while its reservoir, Pantabangan Lake, affords flood control. The reservoir is considered one of the largest
in Southeast Asia and also one of the cleanest in the Philippines. Construction on the dam began in 1971 and it was
complete in 1977.
The dam is a 107 m (351 ft) tall and 1,615 m (5,299 ft) long embankment-type with 12,000,000 cu yd
(9,174,658 m3) of homogeneous earth-fill and an impervious core. The crest of the dam is 12 m (39 ft) wide while the
widest part of its base is 535 m (1,755 ft). The dam's crest sits at an elevation of 232 m (761 ft) and is composed of
three sections: the main dam, a saddle dam, and an auxiliary dam located with the  spillway. The spillway is a chute-
type controlled by three radial gates but equipped with an overflow section as well. The design discharge of the
spillway is 4,200 m3/s (148,322 cu ft/s). The dam's reservoir has a gross capacity of
2,996,000,000 m  (2,428,897 acre·ft) and 2,083,000,000 m3 (1,688,716 acre·ft) of that volume is active (or useful) for
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irrigation and power. The dam sits at the head of a 853 km2 (329 sq mi) catchment area and its reservoir has a surface
area of 69.62 km2 (27 sq mi) and elevation of 230 m (755 ft) when at its maximum level. The reservoir's life is
estimated at 107 years due to silt from denudation. The dam was design to withstand an intensity 10 earthquake.
Type of dam: Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds: Pampanga River
Height: 107 m (351 ft)
Length: 1,615 m (5,299 ft)
Elevation at crest: 232 m (761 ft)
Width (crest): 12 m (39 ft)
Width (base): 535 m (1,755 ft)
Dam volume: 12,000,000 cu yd (9,174,658 m3)
Spillways: 3 x radial gates, 1 x overflow
Spillway capacity: 4,200 m3/s (148,322 cu ft/s)
Creates: Pantabangan Lake
Total capacity: 2,996,000,000 m3(2,428,897 acre·ft)
Active capacity: 2,083,000,000 m3(1,688,716 acre·ft)

Catchment area: 853 km2 (329 sq mi)
Surface area: 69.62 km2 (27 sq mi) (max)
Normal elevation: 230 m (755 ft) (max)

16. The Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Power Plant, also known as thePulangi Dam, is located on the Pulangi
River near Maramag in Bukidnonprovince on the island ofMindanao in the Philippines. It uses two reservoirs,
produced by damming the Pulangi River, to supply water to a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant; the power
plant is capable of generating 255 megawatts (342,000 hp) of power. Construction began in 1982; the first
twogenerators became operational in December 1985, with the last generator being commissioned in 1986. Since
operation, the reservoirs associated with the power plant have received an estimated 1,500,000 m3 (1,216 acre·ft) of
sediment annually. Of the reservoir's combined 67,000,000 m3 (54,318 acre·ft) active capacity,
23,000,000 m3 (18,646 acre·ft) has been filled with silt. The unexpected siltation threatens safe operation of the dams
and power generation, in addition to drastically shortening the predicted operational lifespan of the dam.At first, the
minimum and maximum water levels were raised and, in 2007, dredging work was performed around the head work
of the upper reservoir's head. Selective dredging in the upper reservoir began in 2010, and continues as of 2011.
Type of dam: Gravity/embankment
Impounds: Pulangi River
Spillway type: Tainter gate-controlled
Creates: Pulangi IV Reservoir (upper and lower)
Active capacity: 67,000,000 m3(54,318 acre·ft)
Catchment area: 18,000 km2(6,950 sq mi)
Surface area: 19.85 km2 (8 sq mi)

17. The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a 200 meter-tall, 1.2
kilometer long embankment dam on theAgno River. It is the largest dam in the Philippines and twentieth largest in
the world. It spans the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas, Pangasinan and is nearly 200 km north
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of Metro Manila. The dam impounds areservoir with a surface area of about 12.8 square kilometers extending North
into the municipality ofItogon, Benguet. A gated spillway protects the dam from overtopping. Each wet season, the
run-off is stored for later release via water turbines to generate power and irrigate crops.
The SRMP improves the quality of the water in the Lower Agno River via a proactive integrated watershed
management plan (IWMP) and by trapping sediments caused by erosion and by such other sources as small-scale
mining. The SRMP produces a marked attenuation (reduction) in the perennial flooding of the Agno River affecting
at least 16 Pangasinan and Tarlac towns. It is complemented by the 3-phase, PhP9.7 billion Agno Flood Control
Project managed by DPWH. Phase I is completed; Phase II is in progress; and Phase III will begin in 2004 and be
completed in 2009. The SRMP can provide year-round irrigation benefits for 708 square kilometres of farmland
downstream of the dam with a partially diversified crop during the dry season, mostly in Pangasinan, but including
parts of Nueva Ecija and Tarlac.
Impounds: Agno River
Height: 200 m
Length: 1.130 m
Total capacity: 835,000,000 cubic metres (677,000 acre·ft)

18. Wawa Dam (also known as Montalban Dam) is a gravity dam constructed over the Marikina River in
the municipality of Rodriguez in Rizal province, Philippines.The slightly arched dam is situated in the 360-metre
(1,180 ft) high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge,  a water gap in the Sierra Madre Mountains, east ofManila. It was
built in 1909 during the American colonial era to provide the water needs for Manila. It used to be the only source of
water for Manila until Angat Dam was built and Wawa was abandoned. Due to insufficiency of water supply for
Metro Manila, there was a strong clamor to reuse the dam.
Type of dam: Arch-gravity dam
Impounds: Marikina River
Length: 280 feet (85 m)
Spillways: One
Spillway type: Ogee crest