Potentials and Contributions of the 21 Philippine Dams

Group 7

According to our research, the Agusan Hydroelectric Plant was constructed in Damilag, Manolo and
Bukidnon for domestic and industrial purposes of the said areas.
The watershed is small, and covers an area of around 25 km2 at the diversion dam. It consists of two 800-kW
turbine generators that use water from theAgusan River to generate electricity.
Meanwhile, the Angat Dam is a concrete water reservoir, hydroelectric dam that supplies the Manila
metropolitan area water. According to our research, it irrigates about large 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. Surrounded by greeneries, this place is also ideal for
fishing, boating and hunting.
Aragon Dam is an irrigation dam in Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to our research, the dam is
expected to provide irrigation to over 1,600 hectares of rice fields spanning eleven barangays of Cateel.
Binga Dam is a dam situated in Benguet province.
Buhisan Dam is a dam located in Cebu City. It is one of the main source of water for Cebu City. 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.[1] It supplies five percent of Metropolitan Cebu Water District's (MCWD) current water
capacity.[2]
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 Dam since it is located close to the nearby town of Angat. The project is located at
Barangay Tibagan, Bustos, Bulacan, served by the Angat River. The main dam is about 18 meters above sea level.
Among the 2.5-meter high, six-span dams main features are easily deflatable and inflatable rubber body, resistance
to sedimentation, economical and having auto-deflation system.[1
Caliraya Dam is an embankment dam located in the town of Lumban province of Laguna, in the Sierra Madre
Mountain Range of thePhilippines. 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[1]
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
near Pantabangan and Muoz in Nueva Ecija province of thePhilippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for

irrigation and hydroelectric power generation while its reservoir affords flood control. It was considered one of the
most expensive hydroelectric plants built in the country,[1] being next only to San Roque Dam.
The La Mesa Dam is an earth dam whose reservoir can hold up to 50.5 million cubic meters and occupying an area
of 27 square kilometers in Quezon City, Philippines. It was built in 1929.[1] It is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water
system, which supplies most of the water supply of Metro Manila.
Laiban dam is a proposed bulk water supply project[1] of the Philippine Government slated for construction at
Barangay Laiban in Tanay, Rizal, on the upper portion [2] of the Kaliwa River Watershed. It is intended to
relieve Metro Manila of its overdependence on the water supplied by Angat Dam.[1] Due to controversies regarding
the project's environmental impact[3] and its potential effect on local communities,[4] notably including a community
of Remontado Dumagat people who consider the area part of their ancestral lands,[5] 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.[6]
Lumot Dam is an embankment dam located between the towns of Cavinti and Lumban, in
the province of Laguna, Philippines. The dam was constructed across Lumot River creating a reservoir now known
as Lumot Lake or Sierra Lake. Lumot Lake provides additional water through a Bell-mouth spillway and tunnel
to Caliraya Lake, which in turn serves as the upper reservoir for the Kalayaan Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plant.[1]
Magat Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The dam is located on Magat River, a
major tributary ofCagayan 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.
The Molino Dam or Prinza Water Dam is a gravity dam on the Zapote River located on the border between
Barangay San Nicolas, Bacoor, Cavite and Barangay Talon Dos, Las Pias, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was built
by hand in the 18th century to irrigate the surrounding rice field in Las Pias and Bacoor.[1]
The New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project (still referred to with its original acronym, NCWSP) is a
proposed water project of the Philippine Government whose main component is the construction of the Kaliwa Low
Dam in Tanay, Rizal, as well as a water supply tunnel, and the attendant infrastructure for these structures.
The Kaliwa Low Dam design has a 600 million-liters-a-day (MLD) capacity, and the water supply tunnel has a
2,400-MLD capacity. If and when built, the Kaliwa Low Dam is expected to ease the demand on the Angat Dam,
which is currently Manilas sole water storage facility.[1]
Pantabangan Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Pampanga River located in Pantabangan in Nueva
Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric 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 Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Power Plant, also known as the Pulangi Dam, is located on the Pulangi
River near Maramag inBukidnon province on the island of Mindanao 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.[2] Construction began in 1982; the first
two generators became operational in December 1985, with the last generator being commissioned in 1986.[3]

The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a 200-meter-tall, 1.2 kilometer
long embankment dam on the Agno 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 of Metro Manila.
The dam impounds a reservoir with a surface area of about 12.8 square kilometers extending North into the
municipality of Itogon, 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.
Agno River is the third largest river in the Philippines with a total length of 221 kilometers and a drainage basin at
the Project site of 1,225 square kilometers. The river originates in the Cordillera Mountains, initially flows from
north to south, divides into several channels in the flat central plain of Luzon and meanders westerly through the
provinces of Pangasinan and Tarlac before emptying into the Lingayen Gulf.[1]
Wawa Dam (also known as Montalban Dam)[1] is a gravity dam constructed over the Marikina River in
the municipality of Rodriguezin Rizal province, Philippines.[2] The slightly arched dam is situated in the 360-metre
(1,180 ft) high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge,[3] a water gap in the Sierra Madre Mountains, east of Manila. It
was built in 1909 during the American colonial era to provide the water needs for Manila.[4][5] 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.[6]