Angat Dam’s water level up as typhoon threatens Philippine

MALOLOS, Philippines — The water level in Angat Dam continues to increase slightly even as Typhoon Kammuri has yet to enter the Philippine area of responsibility.

The provincial disaster risk reduction and management office of Bulacan said the water level in Angat was at 188.14 meters on Thursday, 188.64 on Friday and 188.82 meters yesterday.

In the last three days, the dam’s water elevation rose by .68 meter. It was 8.82 meters above its minimum operating level of 180 meters, but still 23.18 meters below its ideal end-of-the-year level of 212 meters.

Aside from Angat, the water level in Bustos Dam, which is also located in Bulacan, was at 17.48 meters yesterday morning or higher by .14 meter from its spilling level of 17.34 meters.

Bustos Dam supplies irrigation water to farmlands in Bulacan and Pampanga.

Felix Robles, chief of the water control and coordinating unit of Bustos Dam, told The STAR they have been releasing water only for standing crops from the wet season.

No irrigation water is being released yet for the dry cropping season that usually begins every Dec. 1.

Meanwhile, Ipo Dam’s water level yesterday was at 100.29 meters or .71 meter below its spilling level.