AMBUKLAO DAM

Size
Height 129 meters
Length 452 meters
Elevation 756 meters
Location
Bokod Benguet
Contribution
It is a hydro electric plant
Provides energy to the majority of the Luzon grid
Serves as a flood control structure
Serves as an irrigation
Managed by
National Power Corporation (Napocor)
Importance
Serves as a reservoir and as a hydroelectric power plant as well.
Fun Facts
It was contructed in th 50s
Largest and highest dam
Closed down in 2009
Project Purposes
Installed Plant Capacity 75 MW uprated 105 MW
Hydrology
Drainage area at dam site 690 sq. km approximate
Runoff Ambuklao River at
dam site
Average annual 1,279.0 MCM
runoff
Peak recorded 1,275.5 MCM
monthly Inflow
(July 1972)
Peak Recorded 3,000 cms
Inflow (May 1976)
Project Features
Reservoir area at Elev. 752 7.5 sq.km
m.a.s.l
Crest Elevation 758 m.a.s.l
Maximum water surface 752 m.a.s.l
(MWS-flood)
Full supply Level (FSL)/ 752 m.a.s.l
Normal High Water Level
(NHWL)
Minimum Supply Level (MSL) 740 m approx.
Storage Capacity (with no sedimentation)
Total at FSL 327 MCM
Original Live storage (MSL to 258 MCM
FSL/MOL to NHWL)
Present Storage Capacity (with sedimentation) based on
2012 Bathymetric Survey
Total at FSL @ Elev 752 121.01 MCM
m.a.s.l.
Present MSL (Ogee) @ Elev 66.24 MCM
740 m.a.s.l.
Live storage (MSL to FSL/MOL 54.77 MCM
to NHWL)
Supplies to
Majority of Luzon
History
The Ambuklao Hydroelectric power facility stands as a symbol of one
of the biggest accomplishments in power development by the
Philippine government, an engineering feat which Filipinos are proud
of.
Maintenance
NAPOCOR