THE Rizal provincial government is constructing 62 small water-impounding reservoirs along the Marikina Watershed to help prevent upstream water from flowing onto low-lying areas in Rizal towns and parts of Metro Manila that may cause severe flooding.

Rizal Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Raymundo Crisistomo told The Manila Times that these small dams, situated in the areas of Calawis in Antipolo, Angono and Pinugay in Baras, could hold substantial amount of water.

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