NIA leads groundbreaking event for Bulacan s Small Reservoir Irrigation inquirer.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NIA said the Bayabas Rockfill Dam will serve 17 municipalities in Bulacan and four in Pampanga, and will revolutionize irrigation infrastructure development in the region under the Small Reservoir Irrigation Project.
Water level drops anew in Angat, 4 other dams philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The National Irrigation Administration is proposing to build a P2.45-billion Bayabas water impounding project in Bulacan to boost irrigation for arable lands and help mitigate flooding in nearby areas.
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan - The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) will construct another dam to help augment the existing irrigation requirements in this province and nearby areas. NIA Regional Director Josephine Salazar said on Monday they have completed the feasibility study and detailed engineering for the construction of the Bayabas Dam in Dona Remedios Trinidad town. With a total project cost of PHP2.2 billion, Salazar said the construction of the 72.50-meter zoned earth-rockfill dam to impound water of Bayabas River will augment the water supply of the 26,981-hectare Angat Maasim River Irrigation System through the existing Bustos Dam. She said the dam will also irrigate about 50 hectares in Dona Remedios Trinidad. "The dam is recommended for irrigation purposes and is expected to help augment the existing irrigation requirements of the 19,950 farmers on the 27,828 hectares of irrigated rice lands in Bulacan and some parts of Pampanga during the dry cropping season,&qu