Cong Dadong Dam

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

Cong Dadong Dam Facts

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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Wawa Dam

Barat Travel ni Istariray23

Summer nah, anung plano mo?

Di na kita tatanungin kung saan ka dadalhin ng Php 50.00 or Php 100.00 pesos mo kasi tong napuntahahn ko "Walang Bayad" as in "FREE".

Tama ang nabasa mo, kung ikaw ay nasa Brgy. Wawa nah, hike ka lang ng konti mga 10 minutes or less then reach mo na agad ang Wawa Dam ng Rodriguez Rizal.

Kung ikaw ay walang ka-arte arte, nature admirer-lover, Cowboy, ayaw gumastos ng mahal, sawa na sa mga pa-sosyal at mamahaling resort, tiyak na magugustuhan mo itoh!

Ang lapit nya sa Manila from Las Piñas it took us ony 2 hours and 37minutes via motor.

Kung mag-ko-commute ka naman sa may Cubao Farmers naka parada dun yung mga van na biyaheng Rodriguez Rizal. From there, sakay ka lang ng dyip papuntang Wawa Dam.

Kung me sasakyan ka naman eto ang Parking Fees:

Motor 30.00

Kotse/Van 50.00

Then bayad sa kubo were as follows;

Kubo malapit sa dam is Php 150.00

Kubo sa itaas ng Dam is Php 200.00

CR para palitan ng damit at banlawan is Php 5.00

Yun lang ang gagastusin mo and syempre yung food mo. Madaming mga tindahan sa paligid pati na din sa iyong dadaanan pa-puntang wawa dam. May mga mineral water, soda, junk foods, tinapay, meryenda, gulay at mga lutong ulam at kanin din.

Madami ding activities na pede mong gawin aside sa swimming, bamboo rafting, kayaking, pictorial, rock climbing at your own risk to huh dahil wala talagang rock climing area dun nasabi ko lang kasi sobrang daming dambuhalang bato sa lugar. I actually liked the entire place kasi kahit san ka lumingon puro picture and IG worthy yung kakalabasan ng mga kuha mo. Tapos kung sini-sipag-sipag ka naman ituloy mo na ang hiking sa Mt. Pamintian- eto yung pinaka malapit at Mt. Binakayan.

Meron pa pala, punatahan mo rin syempre yung falls na located before mo marating yung wawa dam. Makikita mo na itong falls na ito habang nag lalakad ka. Grabeh nag-enjoy akong kakatalon, akyat-baba na mala gagamba sa mag higanteng bato ma-rating ko lang itong falls na ito para makunan ng pictures🤣😂🤣😂.

Yung Dam nga pala ay napapalibutan ng mga bundok kaya kahit na katanghaliang tapat ay may lilim pa din sa bathing area. Malabo kang mag kaka sun burned puwera na nga lang kung talagang bababad ka sa ilalim ng araw.

Sulit ang punta ko kasi next week babalik ako para naman akyatin na ang Mt. Pamintian o di kaya yung Mt. Binakayan. Abot tanaw ko na sila eh, kaya lang mas pinili kong mag babad sa Dam na may malamig, malinaw at malakas na tubig. Anung sinabi ng lunch at the waterfalls ng Villa Escudero dito???✌️😂✌️😂

Isang tip nga pala, walang overnight sa ibaba ng dam yung overnight sa taas lang ng dam kasi walang ilaw sa ibaba. Bukas po yung area as early as 5:30 AM para sa mag-hihike until 6:00 PM po.

Nga pala tatapusin ko muna yung review ko sa blog ko sa ngayon eto muna. I dagdag ko na lang yung link pag-natapos ko nah.

O ayan huh, na share ko na. Yayain mo na sila at pumunta na dito. I-like mo at i-share mo na din para umabot at kumalat sa mas nakakarami.

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