Went for a ride today and visited the Cong Dadong Dam at the foot of Mt. Arayat of Pampanga. We are actually near the boundary of Pampanga and Nueva Ecija to be exact.
The dam is isolated in the middle of agricultural lands that benefited from this. I first saw this dam in the movie "100 Tula para kay Stella". I was fascinated by the place and found it beautiful and romantic as the scene from there was taking place on a gloomy day under light rain showers 💧. Indeed it is so lovely and very romantic for me.
Stella and Fidel were positioned in the middle of the dam exchanging lines and as the camera moved from the side of Stella, I could see the beautiful Mt. Arayat from a distance witnessing the love story of Stella and Fidel. And it was so Wow for me and kept on wandering to be in that very place where Stella and Fidel were. The view indeed for me was so amazing, lovely, tranquil, and peaceful.
After 2 years of watching that movie, I was there 01MAY2019 Thursday in the middle of the afternoon. Under the scorching heat of the summer sun at 12:05 PM. I just can't believe I was in front of the dam that I saw in my favorite movie.
Such a lovely view to behold, can you imagine that this is the very view on your way to Cong Dadong Dam? Indeed so beautiful. This is Mt. Arayat of Pampanga from a distance.
Half of the way to that dam was concreted while the other half was still soil. I was wondering if it'll be muddy going to the dam on those rainy days.
You can view my entire album here- iStariray23 visited Cong Dadong Dam
Salient Features of Cong Dadong Diversion Dam
1. GENERAL
1.1. Location of Dam: Arayat Town, Pampanga Province
1.2 Name of River: Pampanga River
1.3 Design Flood Water Level: WL= 13.00 m
1.4 Design Flood Water Discharge : Qd = 3,700 m 3/s
1.5 Design Intake Water Level: WL = 8.50m
1.6 Design Intake Discharge : Qin = 20.18m 3/s
2. DAM FEATURES
2.1 Type of Dam : Combined Type concrete gravity dam
2.2 Length of Dam : Total Length = 1,000m
Gate Portion : 150m (Spillway gate : 36.5m x 3 spans
Flushing sluice gate : 26.5m x 1 spans
Fixed Portion : 850m
2.3 Height of Dam | Gated Portion : hmax = 24.50m | Fixed Portion : hmax = 2.50m
2.4 Gates
Spillway Gate : Shell type roller gate : 1.36m 5m width x 4 .6m high x 3 sets
Flushing's sluice gate : Shell type double-leaf roller gate : 26.5m width x 7.6m x high
River Maintenance Flow gate : Girder Type 1.6m x 1.6m
2.5 Related Facilities
Diversion Channel : 160m width x 3.260m long
Intake : 3.2m width x 2.3m high x 5 barrels 125 long
Setting Basin: 33m width x 93m long
Fish Ladder: 5m width x 80m long
Operation Building : 2 stories reinforced concrete building Area = 215m/2
Power Supply System: Supplied by PELCO & standby generator 200 kva
3. CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
December 1997 to June 2002
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE PROJECT
1. GENERAL
1.1 Name of project | Pampanga Delta Development Project | Imigation Component (PDDP - IC)
1.2 Location and Municipalities
-Province | Pampanga Province
-Municipalities | Apalit, Arayat, Candaba, Mexico, San Luis, San Simon & Sta. Ana
1.3 Irrigation Service Area | 10.270 Hectares
1.4 Type of Irrigation
-Gravity System | 7.350 Hectares
-Pump System | 2,920 Hectares
1.5 Source of Irrigation Water | Pampanga River
1.6 Number of beneficiaries | 7, 000 Farmers
2.PROJECT DATA
2.1 Project Implementation
-Commencement | May 1996
-Completion | December 2002
2.2 Project Cost
-Total | 3.407 70 Million Pesos
-Government of the Philippines | 870.74 Million Pesos
-Loan Component | 9,427 Million Yen (17th Japanese Yen Loan Credit Loan No. PH-P123
2.3 Major Project Facilities
-Diversion Dam | Cong Dadong Dam
-Pumping Station | Diameter 1,000 mm | Mixed -Flow pump x 3 units
-Irrigation Canals | Main Canal - 32 Km | Laterals - 94 Km
-Drainage Canals | 122 Km
-Related Structures | 1.03
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