Aragon Dam Explained

Aragon Dam
Location Map:Mindanao#Philippines
Location Map Caption:Location in Mindanao##Location in the Philippines
Coordinates:7.7549°N 126.3466°W
Country:Philippines
Location:Aragon, Cateel, Davao Oriental
Status:O
Construction Began:2012
Opening:October 28, 2014
Dam Type:Gravity
Dam Crosses:Cateel River
Dam Height:5.5m (18feet)
Cost:281 million

Aragon Dam is an irrigation dam in Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines. It is situated in the barangay of Aragon, about 12km (07miles) west of the town of Cateel. The current dam was completed within just seven months although initial development started in 2012 was disrupted by Typhoons Bopha and Lingling (local names: Pablo and Agaton). The dam is part of the Cateel Irrigation Project, the biggest project by the Mindanao Rural Development Project, both in physical and financial terms, costing about ₱281 million. The dam is expected to provide irrigation to over 1,600 hectares of rice fields spanning eleven barangays of Cateel.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cateel Irrigation Dam, a model MRDP project . November 4, 2014 . Philippine Information Agency . October 30, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104051925/http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2871414636870/cateel-irrigation-dam-a-model-mrdp-project . November 4, 2014 .
  2. News: Regalado. Edith. P128-M Davao dam opened. November 4, 2014. The Philippine Star. November 2, 2014.
  3. News: P289.5 billion dam in Davao Oriental seen to raise Mindanao crop harvest. November 4, 2014. Business Mirror. Philippine News Agency. October 28, 2014.
  4. Web site: 256 million irrigation project breaks ground in Cateel. Davao Oriental. November 8, 2014.