CE 428 : WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

MANAGING FLOODS IN PRESENTORS:

METRO MANILA CASTRO, ANGELO RAY

CATACUTAN, SHANELLE
DOLORES, DIANA
EVERO, HANNA FLORIZA

PRESENTED TO:

DR’. TOMAS U. GANIRON, JR

ADAMSON UNIVERSIT Y
FLOODING IN METRO MANILA
 FLOODING IN METRO MANILA
The Philippines ranks third among countries most at risk for
disasters, including floods, storms, and earthquakes.

Typhoons and floods are the most devastating in terms of our

economic and social impact, accounting for 80 percent of all
deaths, 90 percent of the total number of affected people, and
92 percent of the total economic impact.
 The Philippine
government
formulated the
Metro Manila
Flood
Management
Master Plan,
which was
approved by the
National
Economic and
Development
Authority (NEDA)
Board in 2012.
Passenger jeep drives through f lood water s in Manila during monsoon season.
Retrieved f rom Herber t Navasca or World Bank
 CAUSES OF FLOOD
Meteorological Events
- an intense and prolonged rainfall spells

Seismic Activities
- tsunamis (seismic sea waves)
- sinking of land due to earthquakes

Astronomically -- Influenced Phenomena

- high tides coinciding with the occurrence of heavy rainfall
 CAUSES OF FLOOD

Inadequate drainage capacity

Rapid industrialization

Unusually heavy rainfall

Unabated dumping of garbage and waste in canals, creeks,

esteros, ponds, rivers and other major waterways
 THE MASTER PLAN PROPOSED A
SET OF MEASURES TO EFFECTIVELY
MANAGE MAJOR FLOOD EVENTS IN
THE FUTURE WHICH INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
 Reduce flooding from river
systems that run through the
metropolis, by building a
dam in the upper Marikina
River catchment area to
reduce peak river flows
entering Metro Manila
during typhoons and other
extreme rainfall events;

Overflowing of Marikina River in September 2013.

 Eliminate long-term flooding
in the flood plain of Laguna
de Bay to protect the
population living along the
shore against high water
levels;

A residential house near Laguna de Bay being hit by typhoon Haiyan in

November 2013
  Improve urban drainage,
including modernization of Metro
Manila’s pumping stations;

 Improve flood forecasting and

early warning systems and
community-based flood risk
management; and

 Improve institutional
arrangements for better flood
management.
DPWH opens pumping stations in Valenzuela City in April 2019
Under the Metro Manila
Flood Management Project,
36 existing pumping
stations will be modernized,
20 new ones will be
constructed, and supporting
infrastructure along critical
waterways will be improved
THINGS CAN DO TO MITIGATE
FLOODS
Regulate cutting of trees.

Report illegal loggers and kaingeros.

Report illegal construction of fishponds and other

establishments in waterways.

Do not throw garbage in esteros and rivers.

Help clean the neighborhood.

Support community activities intended to lessen the

occurrence of floods.

Avoid throwing anything like plastic wrappers anywhere which

may clog or block the drainage system.
 MAJOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT

According to The Department of Public Works and Highways

(DPWH), they have already built 3 major flood control projects
namely the Maysilo Drainage System in Mandaluyong City; the
Blumentritt Flood Interceptor project; and the latest drainage
project at the stretch of Padre Burgos Avenue in Manila City.
 MAYSILO DRAINAGE SYSTEM

 The project is meant to divert floodwaters from the low -lying

Maysilo Circle to the Pasig River.

 As per Villar, the project is expected to decrease inundation depth

from chest deep to just about six inches of flooding, if any. It is
also expected to decrease duration of flooding to only about 30
minutes
 CHARACTERISTIC OF MAYSILO DRAINAGE SYSTEM

The final segment of the project involved the construction of a

652-linear meter double barrel box culvert along San
Francisco street and the installation of four pumps, each with a
discharge capacity of 1.5 cubic meters per second.
BLUMENTRITT FLOOD INTERCEPTOR PROJECT

A water catchment stretching 3.3 kilometers from España

Boulevard to Tondo, it is designed to solve flooding in Quezon
City and Manila.

 It is designed to direct floodwaters from the northern part of

Metro Manila to the Tondo area and then out to Manila Bay
FLOOD CONTROL ALONG PADRE BURGOS
The goal is to directly catch the floodwaters in the area around
Manila City Hall and Intramuros which will be pumped out by
the newly constructed pumping station, providing convenience
to pedestrians and protection to properties.
CHARACTERISTIC OF PADRE BURGOS FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECT
The flood control project includes two (2) submersible pumps
with a capacity of 0.75 cubic meter per second for floodwaters
to be easily discharged through a 600 mm. x 600 mm. pipe
into Manila Bay. The total length of the drainage line is 2,268.5
lineal meters.

A two-kilometer flood control project around Manila City Hall

and Intramuros
 RESOURCES

 https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/brief/project -highlights-metro-
manila-flood-management
 https://www.untvweb.com/news/3 -major-flood-control-projects-in-metro-manila-
completed-dpwh/
 https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/11/13/1968245/manila -has-ncrs-most-
flood-prone-streets-mmda
 https://www.philstar.com/metro/2016/10/02/1629422/dpwh -chief-opens-maysilo-
drain-project
 https://coconuts.co/manila/news/dpwh -flood-interceptor-project-blumentritt-70-
done/
 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1036477
 https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1009098