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Article: Agno River & San Roque Dam: Indivisible Synergy (Last Part).(Opinion)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.” – Ecclesiastes 1:7“Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.” – TraditionalAccording to the defunct Agno River Basin Development Commission (inexplicably abolished in September, 2004), the Agno River basin is the Philippines’ fifth largest with catchment areas totalling some 8,000 square kilometers. It has a total length of about 270 kilometers from its Cordillera source with an estimated annual 8,044 million cubic meters run-off.The basin provides the lifeblood of a great portion of Northwestern ...