Angat Dam water level continues to recede

MALOLOS, Bulacan, Philippines — The water elevation of Angat Dam, the primary source of potable water for Metro Manila residents, continues to recede, the provincial disaster risk reduction and management office reported yesterday.

The Bulacan PDRRMO said the dam’s water level was at 172.98 meters as of 6 a.m. yesterday.

The record was 7.02 meters below Angat’s minimum operating level of 180 meters and 12.98 meters above its critical level of 160 meters.

Sevillo David Jr., National Water Resources Board executive director, told The STAR that Metro Manila is being allocated 50 cubic meters per second of water from Angat.

He said the irrigation supply to Bulacan and parts of Pampanga has been halted.