CABANATUAN CITY - The National Irrigation Administration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System has suspended release of water from the Pantabangan Dam amid generous inflow from heavy rains the past few days, a ranking official said Friday.
Antonio S. Nangel, NIA-UPRIIS operations manager, ordered a stop on the release of water to cushion the impact of continuous rain brought about by Typhoons Chedeng and Dodong.
Before the typhoons, the dam was releasing irrigation water at an average of 110 cubic meters a second to UPRIIS’s programmed areas of 84,830-hectares farmland.
Nangel said that on Thursday the water level in Pantabangan Dam was at 190.01 meters, or about a meter higher than the 189.56 meters on August 7. The inflow was pegged at 160 cms, Nangel said.
Although the inflow is substantial, with the underground tunnel diverting water from Taan and Casecnan Rivers in Nueva Vizcaya to the giant reservoir, dam officials allayed fears of spilling.
“At 190.01 meters [Thursday], we need more rain,” said Nangel, saying that the dam’s spilling level is 221 meters. -Armand M. Galang
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