Despite heavy rains over the past few days, the water level at Angat Dam is slowly dropping to its minimum operating level, raising concerns over supply, especially with the onset of the El Niño phenomenon. | MegINQ /PDI
The last time the Angat water level breached the critical level of 160 meters was in June 2019.
That same day, the World Meteorological Organization said the El Niño weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years. On June 28, however, the NWRB announced that it would cut the allocation coming from Angat from 52 cubic meters per second to 50 CMS for the month of July, citing the need to conserve supply in the dam in preparation for El Niño.
“Once water level in Angat Dam continues to decline, other dams will have lower capacity to generate power, especially if there is less supply released for irrigation,” he said, adding that the power-hungry Luzon grid would be mainly affected.
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