Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday urged residents of Metro Manila to conserve water, even as he allayed fears of a looming water crisis in the peak of summer.
Based on the latest monitoring of Angat Dam, the reservoir supplying most of the capital’s water needs, the water level remains “generally above normal,” according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
As of 6 a.m. of April 4, the water level at Angat Dam was at 206.42 meters, “still above the minimum operational level” of 180 meters, Paje said.
“This would mean that Metro Manila will have ample water supply during summer,” he said.
Paje chairs the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), the lead government agency managing the country’s water sector.
The NWRB regularly monitors the water level at Angat Dam, which supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila’s water needs, mostly for domestic consumption, and irrigation of farmlands in the nearby provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga in Luzon.
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