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NIA DAEO attends Virtual Presser of the IATF-Task Group on Food Security

Monday, February 21, 2022 - 10:42
 

The Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations of the National Irrigation Administration, Engr. C’zar M. Sulaik attended the169th Virtual Presser IATF - Task Group on Food Security as a resource person on February 15, 2022 at the Department of Agriculture.

Aired at 2:30 in the afternoon via PTV4, RTVM, and DA Facebook page, DA Sulaik gave update on the situation of Angat Dam which provides domestic water supply of Metro Manila and water requirement for irrigation of the Angat Afterbay Regulatory Dam (Bustos Dam).

DA Sulaik shared irrigation water delivery schedule for 2022 dry cropping season (November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022) and for 2023 dry cropping season (November 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023) at the Angat-Maasim River Irrigation System. AMRIS has a program area of 26, 791 hectares benefitting 23, 708 farmers in Bulacan and Pampanga.

The Deputy Administrator explained that the normal high level of Angat Dam is 202 masl wherein as of yesterday, the water level is 195.85 masl, still far from the 160 masl critical level of the dam. In line with this, he mentioned that NIA had a successful negotiation with the NWRB, MWSS, Maynilad and Manila Water last January 11, 2022 regarding the Agency’s mitigation plans to meet the water supply requirements for irrigation without sacrificing the equally important need for domestic water supply in Manila and its nearby provinces.

NIA Region 3 Receives 500 units of Shallow Tube Well Pumps for Bulacan and Pampanga Farmers

Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 13:24
 

The National Irrigation Administration Region III received 500 units of Shallow Tube Well Pumps with corresponding fuel subsidy from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), National Water Resources Board (NWRB), Maynilad and Manila Water in a turnover ceremony held at the NIA Regional Office III Compound in Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan on January 28, 2022. Such STW pumps were then awarded to the Irrigators Associations of Bulacan and Pampanga.

This is the result of the successful negotiation of NIA with the MWSS, NWRB, Maynilad and Manila Water regarding the mitigation plans of NIA to meet the water supply requirements for irrigation without sacrificing the equally important need for domestic water supply in Manila and its nearby provinces. 

The provision of STW Pumps to the farmers is one of the seven mitigation plans presented by NIA Region III Manager Josephine B. Salazar wherein through the STW pumps, the farmers will be able to re-use water from drainage/creeks.

Aside from the 500 STW pumps, a corresponding fuel subsidy amounting to P15 million has also been granted by the MWSS, through its water concessionaires.

P545-Million Cabano Earthfill Dam Contract Gets Inked

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 - 10:24
 

NIA Central Office – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Top Management Officials and the executives of Silver Dragon Construction and Lumber and Glass Supply, Inc. and Lorenzo Construction and Development Corporation led the Contract Signing Ceremony for the construction of the P545, 398,633.78 Cabano Earthfill Dam and its appurtenant structures under the Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) on January 28, 2022 at NIA Administrator’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Building A. NIA Acting Senior Deputy Administrator Engr. Romeo M. Lopez, Acting Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance Sector Engr. Freddie M. Toquero and Central Office Department Managers were also present during the Contract Signing.

Cabano Earthfill Dam is located in Sitio Tiprosan, Brgy. Aguilar, Municipality of San Lorenzo, Guimaras. The project includes the construction of 29.87-meter high Zoned-Earth fill Dam, 375-meter spillway, outlet works, and its appurtenant structures. It aims to provide substantial and timely water supply for irrigation, particularly in Region 6, in support to the agricultural development of the government.

Cabano Earthfill Dam, whose water source comes from Cabano River, covers the barangays of Aguilar, M. Chavez, Cabungahan, Suclaran, Cabano and San Enrique. It has a total service area of 861 hectares benefiting 1304 farmers and their families.

NIA transfers 60% of CMIPP ownership to PSALM

Thursday, December 23, 2021 - 09:12
 

NIA Central Office – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA), represented by Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, and Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM), represented by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Atty. Irene Joy Besido-Garcia, signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the transfer of the 60% ownership share over the P33.75-billion Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) to the latter on December 14, 2021 at NIA Administrator’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Building A. NIA Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance Sector Engr. Freddie M. Toquero and Central Office Department Managers were present during the MOA Signing.

The memorandum is pursuant to the Economic Development Cluster (EDC) Resolution No. 02, series of 2021, providing the resolution that NIA shall implement the transfer of its 60% ownership share over CMIPP to PSALM. Under the memorandum, NIA agreed that PSALM shall procure the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Service Contract under Republic Act No. 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act) to operate, manage, and maintain CMIPP’s power generation facilities and non-power generation facilities, such as weather stations and access roads from December 11, 2021 until its eventual privatization.

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