Quezon City – In a ceremony held at the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) office, MWSS Administrator Gerardo A.I. Esquivel turns over 1-Billion pesos to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Florencio F. Padernal for the rehabilitation of the Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam (Bustos Dam) and its appurtenant structures.

The overall project objectives are to prevent further damages to the existing irrigation facility, to improve irrigation water delivery and cropping intensity of the Angat-Maasim Rivers service area, and to serve as flood control during rainy season at the Angat River downstream. The dam serves as a regulator for the larger Angat Dam which had its repair some 15 years ago, and since been damaged by typhoons.

Scope of rehabilitation work includes the repair of the diversion dam, which includes the replacement of six bays rubber gates and improvement of apron, training walls and gates, repair and improvement of main canals, lateral and its appurtenant structures.

The project will commence on April 16, 2016 after the groundbreaking ceremony on April 15, 2016. President Benigno S. Aquino III is expected to grace the occasion as its special guest.

Present during the turnover are NIA Deputy Administrators Engr. Erdolfo B. Domingo and Ms. Estrella E. Icasiano, Engr. Ramon Romero of NWRB, Manila Water CEO Ferdinand M. dela Cruz, and Atty. Lourdes Marivic Punzalan-Espiritu of Maynilad.