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MANILA – Water level at the Angat, San Roque, Pantabangan, and Magat dams remains high, enabling them to supply water for their customers until the onset of the rainy season, expected to be in late May or mid-June.
"Those dams can very well serve their customers during both months (May and June) as we're not anticipating water shortage there," hydrologist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Richard Orendain, said on Saturday.
This would enable them to meet their customers' irrigation, power generation, and domestic needs, Orendain said
For May, PAGASA forecast above normal rainfall over the watershed where Angat Dam is and near-normal rainfall over the watersheds of San Roque, Pantabangan, and Magat dams.
It estimated that by the end of May, the water level in Angat, San Roque, Pantabangan, and Magat dams would be at 196 meters, 246 meters, 198 meters, and 193 meters, respectively.
These levels are above the dams' corresponding low water elevations of 180 meters, 225 meters, 177 meters, and 160 meters, respectively.
PAGASA also forecast near-normal rainfall over the four dams’ watersheds in June, during which their water levels would also likely be above the low elevations. (PNA)
