HYDRUALIC PROJECT

WITH SPECIFIC HYDROLOGICAL PROBLEM

IN PANGASINAN

Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project (ARIIP)

The Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project (formerly San Roque Multi-Purpose ProjectIrrigation Component) is envisioned to provide year-round irrigation to some 34,450 hectares of
farmlands to benefit 28,207 farm-families in the province of Pangasinan. The project is aimed to
rehabilitate and construct irrigation and drainage facilities of two existing National Irrigation
Systems (NIS) namely: the Agno River Irrigation System (ARIS) with a service area of 26,850
hectares and the Ambayaoan Dipalo River Irrigation System (ADRIS) with a service area of
7,600 hectares. The construction of a new Diversion Dam will serve as Re-regulating pond for
the peak releases of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) for irrigation purposes and the
provision of a comprehensive institutional development program for the project.
The National Irrigation Administration or NIA launched on Thursday the Agno River
Irrigation System Extension Project or ARISEP in Pangasinan. This is the second phase of the
irrigation project in the province called the Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project or ARIIP.
The ARIIP began in the last few months of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos
administration. Upon ARISEPs completion, the production of rice in Pangasinan province is
expected to further increase. NIA Administrator Engr. Florencio Padernal said, It will increase
production. Its usually single cropping season when the only source of water is rain. But with
irrigation facilities, the cropping season will double or triple. According to Presidential
Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Sec. Francis Pangilinan, If you
were able to harvest twice then your income necessarily will increase. Once the income of
farmers increases, their quality of life improves irrigation is critically needed because you can
sow but wont reap any harvest without water.
In the first phase, some 20 thousand hectares of land had been irrigated. NIA hopes to
irrigate 12,800 hectares more in the municipalities of Natividad, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Sta
Maria, Tayug, Balungao, Umingan and Rosales. Water supply in irrigation canals comes from
San Roque Dam that goes through a re-regulating pond. Pangasinan representative Marlyn
Primicias Agabas, says after phase one; they saw that the project can still be extended to other
areas in Pangasinan.
The ARISEP has a 2.6 billion peso budget. Implementation is being targeted to begin by
October or November of this year and is expected to be completed in 2017.

SOURCE:
http://www.untvweb.com/news/thousands-to-benefit-from-agno-river-irrigation-project/
http://www.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Annex-1-B-Project-Descriptions.pdf