Our Baguio Field Trip...

Reminiscin' Good Old Baguio....
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"Baguio City, her pride in victory"

On all occasions, Baguio gives her best

Her beauty, climate, and fashion,

All resembling a standing ovation

At times of trial knowing no rest

Love engulfs her true identity,

Often a form of allegory,

Vested with burdens she must carry,

Expressed today with authority

No river or see pulls her into tide,

And her cool in times of heat

Remains a standard no one can beat

In this prize for infinite pride

I claim the nature of her bearing

With actions prominent to all

Let those who cling to this stand tall

And say, "Our city is rising!"

One day the world will see

Her people sent out to make history,

To bring back the plaque of glory

For others to be blessed for free

And together we shall sing

The wonders we've all unseen

In the past we thought had never been

The prosperity she was meant to bring!

-a poem by mark limpin

www.everypoet.net

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Our Angat Dam Field Trip...

Facts...Facts ..Facts about Angat Dam

The Angat-Ipo-La Mesa Dam Raw Water System is currently the major source of water for Metro Manila. The water abstracted from it is treated in two facilities- The Balara Treatment Plant (Manila Water Company, Inc.) and La Mesa Treatment Plant (Maynilad Water Services Inc.). The Angat Reservoir and Dam are located at the Angat River in San Lorenzo, Norzagaray, Bulacan. The facilities were constructed from 1964 to 1967 and have been operational since 1968. They have multi-purpose functions:

1. To provide irrigation to about 31,000 hectares of land in 20 municipalities and towns in Pampanga and Bulacan;
2. To supply the domestic and industrial water requirements of residents in Metro Manila;
3. To generate hydroelectric power to feed the Luzon Grid; and
4. To reduce flooding to downstream towns and villages.

The Angat Dam is a rockfill dam with a spillway equipped with three gates at a spilling level of 219 meters. Its storage capacity is about 850 million cubic meters.

Furthermore, the Watershed has been considered vital to the City, not only because it is a primary source of drinking water, but also because its forest functions as the lungs of Manila, providing it with clean air. In 1999, AFI- Bantay Kalikasan undertook Save La Mesa Watershed Project. It aimed to rehabilitate, reforest, preserve and protect the Watershed. To sustain the project, Bantay Kalikasan, in partnership with government agencies, rehabilitated and renovated a 33 hectare portion they turned into La Mesa Ecopark. Please continue advocating the preservation of this significant Metropolitan resource. Let's help sustain the Watershed for future generations.

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