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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the ceremony for the impounding process of the Upper Wawa Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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UPPER WAWA DAM

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172061844722020240710-upper-wawa-dam-JC4943.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the ceremony for the impounding process of the Upper Wawa Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">N News</span> </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>RODRIGUEZ, Rizal — Metro Manila&#x27;s water supply is expected to improve by 2025 with the completion of the Wawa Bulk Water Project in the mountains of Rizal province, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday. </p><p>Marcos said he expects the water supply in Metro Manila and nearby areas to increase by 438 million liters per day by the end of 2025.</p><p>“The water supply from the Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project is set to increase from 80 million today to 438 million liters per day once Phase 2 of the Project or the Upper Wawa Dam starts its operations [by] the end of 2025, which could increase to 710 million liters per day in the following years,” the President said during the dam’s impounding process ceremony.</p><p>Metro Manila and its surrounding areas currently get the bulk of their water from Angat Dam, which is able to provide around 4 billion liters per day.</p><p>“These 438 to 710 million liters per day translate to supporting the water supply needs of about 2.2 to 3.5 million Filipinos in the MWSS service area,” he said.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720597624777wawa 2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Aerial view of the Upper Wawa Dam in Rizal province. Handout"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Aerial view of the Upper Wawa Dam in Rizal province. <em>Handout</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Marcos also lauded developers Prime Infra and WawaJVCo for “protecting our communities downstream from flooding and by mitigating the detrimental effects of drought,” and urged the two entities to “continue collaborating with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.”</p><p>“Prioritize watershed protection in the Upper Wawa Dam as well as the reforestation and biodiversity preservation in the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape,” he said.</p><p>The President also urged other dam developers and operators “to maximize the use of your facilities” by building “more multi-purpose dams to ensure water supply not only for drinking but also for irrigation, power generation, flood control, aquaculture, and hopefully other technologies that we may engage in the future.”</p><p>“Let us work together in this endeavor to create a more sustainable and energy-efficient future for our nation,” he said.</p><p>&quot;At the end of the day, water remains at the core, not only for human survival but also for national development,” he added.</p><p>Since ascending to power in 2022, Marcos has urged investors to help put up more dams to increase water supply, and at the same time, help regulate the excess water during typhoons.</p><p>“The Angat Dam, where the metropolis is sourcing a significant bulk of its water, can no longer meet the needs of around [14] million people living in the area,” the President said, noting that the Angat Dam was built in the 1960s when Metro Manila’s population was just 3 million.</p><p>“We need a new source of water to ensure the water security of Metro Manila and surrounding areas now and in the decades to come,” he said.</p><p>Authorities expect the Upper Wawa Dam to be the “biggest water source to be built in the country in over 50 years.”</p><p>It was built by Prime Infrastructure Capital through a joint venture with the San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group, and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.</p><div><br/></div>

<p>Metro Manila's water supply is expected to improve by 2025 with the completion of the Wawa Bulk Water Project in the mountains of Rizal province, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday.</p>

Metro Manila's water supply is expected to improve by 2025 with the completion of the Wawa Bulk Water Project in the mountains of Rizal province, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday.

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Metro Manila water supply to improve by 2025 as Wawa fully operates: Marcos

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 10, 2024 03:53 PM PHT

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Updated July 10, 2024 09:35 PM PHT

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