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==Creating a Reservoir by building a Dam for Water supply and hydroelectricity== | ==Creating a Reservoir by building a Dam for Water supply and hydroelectricity== | ||
*By: Franklin H. Maletsky, founder of zamboanga.com | *By: Franklin H. Maletsky, founder of zamboanga.com | ||
:January 5, 2000 | :Written in January 5, 2000 | ||
The Tumaga river is a source of life for the city of Zamboanga. It's water source comes from the great Watershed Reservation. The watershed provides drinking water for the entire Zamboanga City. However, when there is drought, Zamboanga city suffers from low water supply. Then when it rains too much the river floods and causes devastation. Hmmmm. Maybe there is a way to manage this water source. There is! Manage it for the unlimited amount of water supply and for flood control. | |||
::The great Tumaga river floods every year. The Watershed Reservation sometimes gets inundated with rain, so the excess water floods the Tumaga river and it's other small river outlets. The Tumaga river flooding is normal. But there is a flooding cycle about every 25-40 years and when this happens, flood waters rises over river banks and into the streets of neighboring lowland barangays (Guiwan, Putik, Tugbungan, Sta.Catalina and more). Properties get destroyed, loss of stock lives and occasionally human lives. | |||
At the source of the Tumaga river which is only about 5 kilometers from the barangay of Pasonanca, the river can be dammed. It is naturally bordered by hills and mountains from 200 to 400 meters high. | At the source of the Tumaga river which is only about 5 kilometers from the barangay of Pasonanca, the river can be dammed. It is naturally bordered by hills and mountains from 200 to 400 meters high. | ||