San Roque Dam back to normal operations
RESIDENTS of towns situated along downstream portions of the Agno River heaved a sigh of relief on Friday after the management of the San Roque Dam confirmed that only one gate remains open by two meters as of 6:00 a.m. of Oct. 21.
With just one gate opened, the elevation of water at the reservoir of San Roque dam measured at 285.01 meters above sea level (masl) or up by 5.01 meters the dam’s high water or spilling level of 280 masl.
However, the San Roque Watch, a movement initiated in Pangasinan at the height of Typhoons “Karen” and “Lawin” still continues considering the fact that some areas along the Agno River, especially in Mangatarem, are still under water.
Recall that in 2010 at the height of Typhoon “Pepeng,” SM City Rosales in Carmen, Rosales was almost obliterated by rampaging floodwaters from a washed out dike in Barangay Tumana, Rosales. (Leonardo Micua)
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