MANILA — The Dumagat indigenous group’s rain dance at the Angat Dam on July 11 seemed to work as rain poured in many areas of the Philippines.
“I’m happy to say that I believe that the ancestors heard our indigenous group after they performed a rain dance on Monday,” Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) administrator Leonor Cleofas said yesterday in a radio interview.
The state weather bureau reported a low-pressure area in Infanta, Quezon, where the Angat-Umiray-Ipo watersheds system is located.
As of Thursday morning, Angat Dam’s water level dropped to 178.03 meters, from 178.21 meters the day previous.
The normal operating level of Angat Dam is 180 meters.
“Based on our projection and augmentation measures, we have no reason to worry,” Cleofas said.
Cleofas apologized to Maynilad Water Services Inc. customers affected by the hours-long daily water service interruption that started on July 12.
Service interruptions had to be set due to the National Water Resources Board’s 48 cubic meters per second water allocation, a result of Angat Dam’s declining water level. (philstar)
