Tag: La Mesa Dam

Angat water level dam now up and exceeds 160-meter critical mark due to storm Falcon’s rains

  (Eagle News) – Because of the strong rains brought by storm Falcon the previous day, Angat dam’s water level today, Friday, June 19, as of 6 a.m. had gone up and is now above the 160-meter critical level. The water level is at 160.16 meters this morning. This meant that strong rains yesterday, Thursday (July 18), dumped almost two meters of rain, specifically 1.89 meters,  to the daw.  The water level in Angat dam […]

Angat dam water level continues to dip despite rains; but water in La Mesa, Ipo dams still up

  (Eagle News) – The water level of Angat dam continued to go down despite the rains brought by storm Falcon as it dipped to 158.27 meters as of 6 a.m. today, Thursday, July 18. From 158.38 meters on Wednesday 6 a..m., July 17, the water level decreased by 11 centimeters, according to PAGASA’s latest dam update. This meant that the water level is now almost two meters below the 160 meter critical level. But […]

Angat dam water further dips below critical level, but La Mesa dam water goes up due to rains

  (Eagle News) – Angat dam’s water level continued to go down below the 160-meter critical level with the level recorded at 158.75 meters as of Monday morning, July 15, according to PAGASA’s dam monitoring. The dam water level decreased by 40 centimeters compared to Sunday morning’s level at 159.15. There were not enough rains in Bulacan the past few days which contributed to the declining water level there. In contrast, the La Mesa dam’s […]

Almost 1,000 tree seedlings planted in La Mesa Dam watershed during “EBC Cares” activity

  Almost a thousand tree seedlings were planted during the latest activity of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, entitled EBC Cares: “Planting Trees for Life.” The event which happened on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the La Mesa Dam watershed, were participated in by various employees of EBC and members of their families. It is part of the EBC’s advocacy “Enabling a Better Community.” (Eagle News Service)  

Angat Dam’s water level up anew, goes above 160-meter critical level after heavy monsoon rains

  (Eagle News) – Angat Dam’s water level finally recovered enough to go above the 160-meter critical level on Tuesday, July 2, after heavy monsoon rains the previous day. As of Tuesday, 6 a.m., Angat Dam’s water level was at 160.29 meters, or 29 centimeters above the critical level and this would likely go further up in the next few days with PAGASA predicting more monsoon rains. The dam’s water level on Monday, July 2, […]

Finally, Angat dam’s water level up after heavy monsoon rains; La Mesa dam’s water level also up

  (Eagle News) — Heavy rains on Saturday in Bulacan were finally enough to raise the water level of Angat Dam which was recorded at 158.64 meters as of  Sunday (June 30) at 6 a.m. Because of continuous heavy rains,  Angat Dam’s water level was up by 68 centimeters, from a low of 157.96 meters 6 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. The increase in Angat Dam’s water level on June 30 broke the continuous decline […]

Angat Dam’s water continues critical downtrend, while La Mesa dam’s water level still up due to rains

  (Eagle News) – Despite occasional heavy rains in parts of Luzon, Angat Dam’s water level continued to dip below the 160-meter critical level with the latest recorded level at 157.96 meters as of Saturday morning, June 29. Saturday morning’s water level in Angat Dam was six centimeter below Friday morning’s level of 158.02 meters. Since June 22, Angat Dam’s water level continued to go below the critical level despite the monsoon rains. But the […]

Heavy rains raise La Mesa Dam water to above 69-meter critical level; but Angat dam level still down

  (Eagle News) – The strong rains in Metro Manila the past few days had benefited La Mesa Dam which now has a water level that has gone above the critical level mark of 69 meters as of 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 25. The La Mesa Dam water level was recorded at 69.20 meters from Monday’s 68.66 meters. In just 24 hours, the water level in La Mesa Dam in Quezon City had an additional […]

Palace: Water shortage may be “artificial,” due to mismanagement

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 14, said it was possible there was mismanagement in the distribution of water, and that the water shortage in some parts was “artificial.” Artificial scarcity refers to the paucity of items even though  the technology for production exists to create a limitless abundance of such, or it exists to create at least a greater production than what exists currently. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the remark after he […]

Record low water level in La Mesa Dam noted as hot weather persists

(Eagle News) — The water level of La Mesa Dam in Quezon City sunk to an all-time low Thursday morning, March 14, as the water level reached 68.74 meters. This was already the lowest water level ever recorded in the dam, according to Sonia Serrano of the PAGASA Hydrology Division. Before this, the lowest water level ever recorded in La Mesa Dam was way back 1998 at 68.75 meters. It is expected that the water […]

Piñol orders conduct of cloud-seeding operations to raise water level at La Mesa Dam

(Eagle News)–Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol has ordered the conduct of cloud-seeding operations amid the decline in the  water levels at La Mesa Dam. Piñol directed Agriculture Undersecretary Cayanan to give the order to the DA regional offices, the agriculture secretary said in a Facebook post on Monday, March 12. Piñol said Cayanan was also ordered to coordinate with the Philippine Air Force for the cloud-seeding operations over Bulacan, Pampanga and Rizal. According to Piñol, last […]

La Mesa Dam near spilling level; overflowing of Tullahan River feared

(Eagle News) —  As of Tuesday, August 14, La Mesa dam’s water elevation has reached 79.06 meters.  It increased to 79.16 meters as of Wednesday, August 15, less than a meter before its spilling level of 80.15 meters. If the rains continue, people expressed apprehension that it would spill over and cause the nearly Tullahan River to overflow, leading to more floods in the area.   https://youtu.be/_NfciLN3g7A