THE P15.3-BILLION Kaliwa Dam project, a water supply infrastructure initiative intended to spice up water security, is heading in the right direction for completion by 2028, in response to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).
“We’re still in search of the 2028 goal as this was the approved timeline approved by the Economy and Development Council,” Patrick James B. Dizon, department manager at MWSS Corporate Office, told BusinessWorld.
As of end-2025, the project has achieved a progress rate of 26%, with MWSS still reviewing the goal pace.
Mr. Dizon said the agency is within the strategy of securing the required permit from the municipality of Infanta in Quezon province and can be obtaining project endorsement from the Regional Development Council.
The Kaliwa Dam is a component of the MWSS Recent Centennial Water Source program. The proposed structure will stand 60 meters tall and have a 27.7-kilometer conveyance tunnel, designed to deliver an initial capability of 600 million liters per day.
The project is funded through a $211-million loan agreement between MWSS and the Export-Import Bank of China, executed in November 2018.
Once accomplished, the dam is anticipated to ease demand on the Angat Dam, which supplies roughly 90% of Metro Manila’s water needs.
Last yr, the Economy and Development Council, formerly often known as the National Economic and Development Authority, approved a rise in the overall project cost to P15.3 billion from the previous P12.2 billion. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera