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Still reeling from the daily 7-hour water interruptions, customers of the Maynilad Water Services in Metro Manila may yet suffer another round of  agony with the proposed daily 20-hour water interruptions set to be implemented next week. This after the authorities said that rains failed to replenish water supply in Angat dam. The daily rainwater in the metropolis do not necessarily fall in the Angat Dam area, that's why the water level there continues to drop. In an interview with ANC News , Engr. Ronald Padua, head of water supply operations in Maynilad, said that those severely affected by the water interruptions will have water only for four hours (4am to 8am). The residents who currently experience water interruption for 7 hours, from 9pm to 4 am, will get 20 hour interruptions starting next week, most likely on October 5. This move is to make the waters in Angat Dam to last until summer 2016, he added. Maynilad will announce in the next few days which areas/baranga...

T here's a new ecopark in the country. The National Power Corporation (Napocor) recently opened to public the Angat Rainforest and Ecological Park located in Bulacan province. In a media interview, Napocor president Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita said that the Angat watershed houses more than 290 endemic species of non-woody and woody plants such as bagtikan, tanguile and yakal. It also has about 66 species of vertebrates and 43 species of birds which makes the watershed very attractive to bird and nature photographers. The park’s view deck, ecological center and Tarictic fun trail are among its major attractions, she said. The Angat watershed is a multi-purpose facility that serves as flood control, a natural buffer zone against calamity, and source of water for irrigation of the agricultural land in Bulacan and Pampanga, for domestic water supply of Metro Manila and for power generation, she added. ANY COMMENTS? Feel free to share your reactions and comments down...