The China-funded New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project, a flagship project of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, is expected to be completed by 2026 and operational by early 2027, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said Wednesday.
Photo of Kaliwa Dam project site from MWSS' July 2019 environmental impact statement
“It has started with tunneling and it will be complete by the middle of 2026. At the same time, if the validation of the settlement of 46 families is accomplished, the dam will also begin and MWSS is endeavoring to complete the dam by 2026,” she added. It is being constructed by China Energy Engineering Corporation through an official development assistance loan of $211.414 million signed by the Philippine and Chinese governments in 2018.
The project is seen to have a maximum gross reservoir volume of 57 million cubic meters and a discharge capacity of 600 million liters a day.
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