The project aims to provide a continuous water supply for Manila and nearby provinces and President Marcos said Tunnel No. 5 was an achievement toward the goal of providing every Filipino with dependable access to water.
The new tunnel strengthens the decades-old Umiray–Angat–Ipo–La Mesa system, which delivers water from Angat Dam to Metro Manila and Mega Manila.
“This is why the establishment of Tunnel No. 5 is not only important: it is essential,” the president during the ceremony at the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Compound in Norzagaray, Bulacan.
The ceremony included the unveiling of the project marker at the Bigte Basin in Barangay Bigte and President Marcos acknowledged the support of concessionaires Maynilad and Manila Water, as well as well as everyone working on the project.
The Umiray–Angat–Ipo–La Mesa system conveys almost 90% of the water used by nearly 20 million people in Metro Manila, Bulacan, and parts of Cavite and Rizal.
Tunnel No. 5 has a daily capacity of 1.6 billion litres and increases the system’s transport capacity from 6 billion to almost 8 billion litres of water per day.
