By
Jojo Riñoza
DAGUPAN CITY – Towns in
Pangasinan downstream of the San Roque Dam will be least affected by the
impending dry spell, an official the firm operating the dam said.
“We have
enough water in San Roque (dam) to address the irrigation requirements of farmlands
in several municipalities downstream,” according to Tommy Valdez, vice
president for corporate affairs of the San Roque Power Corporation.
Valdez said
the San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) “is basically for irrigation and that
one the reasons why the level in the watershed should be maintained at the end
of the rainy season.
Most eastern
and central agricultural towns of the province benefit from the irrigation
coming from the dam, among them San Manuel, Asingan, Villasis, Urdaneta,
Binalonan, Laoac, Malasiqui, Alcala, Tayug, Sta. Maria, Rosales, Balungao,
Calasiao, Mapandan and Manaoag, as well as San Manuel in Tarlac.
The
200-meter-high, 1.2-km-long dam on the Agno River is the largest in the
Philippines.
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