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The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a 200-meter-tall, 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) long embankment dam on the Agno River.It is the largest dam in the Philippines and sixteenth largest in the world (see List of largest dams in the world).
Roughly two million people live in the Agno River Valley, making it one of Philippines' larger population clusters. The river is dammed by three hydroelectric power plants: the Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, the Binga Dam in Itogon, and the San Roque Dam in San Manuel.
Dalupirip section of Agno River within the forest reserve in Itogon. The Lower Agno reserve protects a 34.59-kilometre (21.49 mi)-long valley along the Agno River from just downstream of Binga Dam in the mountain village of Tinongdan to the foothills and alluvial plains of San Roque in San Manuel immediately below the San Roque dam and reservoir.
Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE 13 Cochiti Dam United States: 1975 50.2 76.5 0.73 NA TE 14 Aswan Dam [7] Egypt: 1970 44.3 111 169 2,100 TE/ER 15 W. A. C. Bennett Dam Canada: 1968 43.7 186 7.4 2,876 TE 16 San Roque Dam Philippines: 2003 40 [8] 200 0.835 345 TE or ER 17
Binga Dam which sits downstream from Ambuklao has three gates and NHWL at 575 meters. San Roque Dam, which was receiving water from Ambuklao and Binga, has NHWL at 280 meters. [2] Angat Dam supplies potable water and energy to Metro Manila and nearby areas. Tourists also visit the dam for fishing, boating and hunting. [3]
Upper Agno is north of and contiguous with the Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve that preserves the immediate downstream of the Binga Dam where the Agno River is impounded by a third dam, the San Roque Dam, the largest in the Philippines and the main source of water, electric energy and irrigation for surrounding regions in Luzon. [3] [4]
San Roque Dam may refer to: San Roque Dam (Philippines) , a dam on the Agno River in Luzon, Philippines The dam of the artificial San Roque Lake in Córdoba, Argentina
The effluent flowed into the Balog River down to Agno River and San Roque Dam. [2] At least four more major discharges were reported: on August 4, 11 and 30, and September 13. The total weight of solids discharged is given by Advocates of Science and Technology for the People , citing a Mines and Geosciences Bureau Report dated September 17 ...