The Bago Watershed runs through the cities of Bago,San Carlos,and Talisay,and the towns of Caltrava,Don Salvador Benedicto and Murcia. It covers a total of 61,926 hectares and was established as a forest reserve in June 1990.
The Watershed supports an irrigation dam known as the Run of the River Type of the National Irrigation Administration which services 12,700 hectares of farmland from which 5,000 farmers eck out a living. It is a source of potable water for the communities around.
HOW TO GET THERE:
Negros Occidental can be reached through its capital,the highly urbanized City of Bacolod,which is 55 minutes from Manila and 30 minutes from Cebu by air. By sea,it is an 18-hour cruise from Manila and one hour aboard sea craft from Iloilo.
Last updated: 2007-06-07 16:02:11.758
