La Mesa Dam and Reservoir

"La Mesa Reservoir" redirects here. For the reservoir in California, see La Mesa Reservoir (California).

La Mesa Dam
Location	Greater Lagro, Quezon City, Philippines
Opening date	December 1989
Construction cost	15.2 million pesos (expansion)
Operator(s)	Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Tullahan River
Reservoir
Total capacity	50.5 million m3

The La Mesa Dam is an earth dam whose reservoir can hold up to 50.5 million cubic meters and occupying an area of 27 square kilometers in Quezon City, Philippines. It was built in 1929 under the supervision of the construction firm Pedro Siochi and Company. It is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system, which supplies most of the water supply of Metro Manila.

The water collected in the reservoir is treated at the Balara Treatment Plant by the Manila Water, the private concessionaire of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, the government agency in charge of water supply, in Metro Manila's East Zone. 1.5 million liters of water pass through this reservoir every day. It is located in the La Mesa Watershed Reservation, the last forest of its size in the metropolis.

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  Metro Manila and its surrounding areas are divided into two water concessionaires: Maynilad Water (red) and Manila Water (blue).

See also

• List of lakes in the Philippines

External links

• Angat-Ipo-La Mesa System from Manila Water Company
• La Mesa Watershed and Eco-Park