DAM officials on Wednesday started to release water from Magat Dam in Isabela and Bustos Dam in Bulacan amid the expected impact of Tropical Depression Maymay in the affected...
DAM officials on Wednesday started to release water from Magat Dam in Isabela and Bustos Dam in Bulacan amid the expected impact of Tropical Depression Maymay in the affected areas.National Irrigation Administration Administrator Benny Antiporda said the NIA-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System opened one of the dam's gates at 4:39 p.m.Antiporda said that Magat's water level was at 187.21 meters, 2.
79 meters below its spilling mark of 190 meters.'NIA-MARIIS released water from the Magat Dam with a volume of 200 cubic meters per second that may be increased based on the volume of rainfall at the Magat watershed,' Antiporda said.At the same time, Antiporda said that the current elevation level of Bustos Dam in Bulacan was 16.54 meters.'Sluice gate number three is now open at three meters with a water discharge of 62 CMS,' Antiporda added, referring to Bustos Dam.
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