Portal Area of MWSS (Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewarage System) Water Main Pipeline Pipeline (Quezon City)

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A portion of MWSS (Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewarage System) Water Main Pipeline buried under this longitudinal patch of land. This Pipeline comes from Angat Dam in Bulacan, going to La Mesa Dam in Quezon City. This land is owned by MWSS, a government agency who is in charge of the water supply for the people in NCR (National Capital Region) or within Metro Manila Area.

From 1924 to 1944, the MWSS established the Angat-Novaliches system tapping the Angat river in Bulacan province as a source that is the centerpiece of the backbone of Metro Manila’s existing water system.

The idea of tapping Angat river for Metro Manila’s water supply was born in 1903, though plans to do so were only set into motion in the 1920s. The major components of Manila’s water system now include the Ipo Dam at the confluence of the Ipo and Angat rivers, a 6.4-kilometer tunnel from Ipo to Bicti, a 36-billion liter impounding facility in Novaliches, a 7.5 km. raw water aqueduct from Novaliches to Balara in Quezon City, the Balara Filtration Plant and a covered reservoir in San Juan that is capable of holding 40-million liters of water.

In the post-war years from liberation in 1945 to 1964, the Angat-Novaliches system was improved, more aqueducts were built, the Balara plant’s capacity was increased, additional storage reservoirs were constructed in San Juan and additional water distribution mains were laid out.
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Coordinates:   14°43'49"N   121°4'28"E

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  • map showing the angat-bigti pipeline from angat dam to la mesa dam Thank you
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