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The La Mesa Dam is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system which supplies water to Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. [1] The water collected in the reservoir is treated at the La Mesa and Balara Treatment Plants. The La Mesa facility has a designed capacity of 2,400 million litres per day (mld) and serves the western half of Metro ...
On March 11, the water level in La Mesa Dam reached 68.93 masl, below its critical level of 69 masl. [2] Manila Water COO Geodino Carpio cited the delay of water infrastructure projects, such as the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Cardona, Rizal and the Kaliwa Dam in Tanay, Rizal, for the issue.
Meanwhile, the La Mesa Dam neared its spilling level of 80.15 meters (263.0 ft), prompting the release of flood warnings. [126] As rains continued throughout the day, the Ipo Dam reached its spilling level of 101 meters (331 ft), while the lower Bustos Dam also reached its spilling level of 17.22 meters (56.5 ft). Now at critical levels and ...
The La Mesa Watershed Reservation is a protected area that preserves the only major watershed in Metro Manila, Philippines.Also known as the Novaliches Watershed, it contains the last remaining rainforest of its size in Metro Manila surrounding the La Mesa Dam and Reservoir, the primary source of potable drinking water for 12 million residents in the Manila metropolitan area. [1]
Downstream, the reservoir of La Mesa Dam in Quezon City also rose up causing water to overflow. [58] On July 24, the third and highest alarm was raised on the Marikina River after it rose to 18.4 m (60 ft) before peaking at 20.7 m (68 ft), prompting evacuations. [ 59 ]
Officials gave an update on the removal of the Gorge Dam in Cuyahoga Falls, announcing the US EPA has cleared $100 million to remove toxic sediment.
A proposed dam on the Congo River, which drains much of western Africa and is one of the world’s largest waterways, illustrates the promise and peril of massive infrastructure investment. Last year, the World Bank approved a $73 million grant to help the Congolese government study the dam’s environmental and social impact.
[1] [2] The conservation area also extends to the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Quezon and is centered on an artificial lake created by the Angat Dam which, together with the Ipo Dam located 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) downstream, supply 97% of the water requirement of Metro Manila via an aqueduct system to the La Mesa Dam and Reservoir and the ...