Angat Dam to release water January 5; won’t cause flooding

The National Power Corporation (Napocor) issued an advisory on Monday saying that it would release “minimum” amount of water from Angat Dam on Tuesday, January 5.

Napocor said that it would release water starting 8 a.m. from the dam in anticipation of the monsoon and easterly rains which will be dumped on Tuesday, according to the weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

“The Angat Dam will open 0.5 meters in Gate 2 or an estimate of 70 cubic meters per second (cms) of water,” the advisory read.

Napocor said that the release will be hardly felt in towns along the Angat River and will not “cause flooding in nearby areas.” But it added that while the water release won’t cause flooding, the public is urged to take necessary precautions.

As of January 4, the water elevation level at Angat Dam is at 215.11, which is above the normal high water elevation of 212 masl.

Last December, Bulacan governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado threatened to file a lawsuit against Napocor and other government agencies for opening the floodgates of Angat Dam and causing floods in seven towns.