Wawa Dam

Wawa Dam
Wawa Dam
	Wawa Dam
	Montalban Rodriguez Rizal
Country	Philippines
Location	Montalban Gorge, Rodriguez, Rizal
Purpose	Water supply (original); Recreation (current)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch-gravity dam
Impounds	Marikina River
Length	280 feet (85 m)
Spillways	One
Spillway type	Ogee crest

Wawa Dam (also known as Montalban Dam)^[1] is a gravity dam constructed over the Marikina River in the municipality of Rodriguez in Rizal province, Philippines.^[2] The slightly arched dam is situated in the 360-metre (1,180 ft) high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge,^[3] a water gap in the Sierra Madre Mountains, east of Manila. It was built in 1909 during the American colonial era to provide the water needs for Manila.^[4]^[5] It used to be the only source of water for Manila until Angat Dam was built and Wawa was abandoned. Due to insufficiency of water supply for Metro Manila, there was a strong clamor to reuse the dam.^[6]

External links

^ Philippine Commission (1912). "Annual Reports of the U.S. War Department 1912, Vol. IV". Government Printing Office, Washington.
^ "Final List of Watersheds Supporting 140 River Irrigation Systems of the NIA", pg. 5. Green Army Network. Retrieved on 2012-08-15.
^ "Wawa Gorge". Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-08-15.
^ Philippine Commission (1908). "Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War 1908, Part 1". Government Printing Office, Washington.
^ http://www2.philstar.com/business/558574/mwss-eyes-wawa-dam-for-additional-water-supply
^ Cruz, Neal (2010-06-10). "Probe water agencies on Wawa". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

v t e Dams in the Philippines
Luzon	Ambuklao Angat Balbalungao Binga Bustos Caliraya Casecnan Ipo Kaliwa La Mesa Labasin Lumot Magat Molino Pasa Pantabangan Peñaranda San Roque Upper Tabuating Wawa
Visayas	Buhisan Jaclupan
Mindanao	Agus I II IV V VI VII Agusan Aragon Pulangi
Planned, proposed, and under construction systems are in italics.