Qualla: Jalaur Dam https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/p/jalaur-dam-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Jalaur Dam https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam Jalaur Dam: Introduction https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam/ Photo credit BSrap, CC BY-SA 4.0. For sixty years, the Jalaur Dam existed mostly as a promise. Republic Act 2651 authorized its construction in 1960. The first phase was completed in the 1980s. The second phase broke ground in 2019. It was finally inaugurated on July 16, 2025. In the Philippines, where infrastructure projects routinely outlive the administrations that launch them, the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project stands as both an engineering achievement and a case study in institutional patience. The dam now impounds the second-largest river on Panay Island, and its consequences will ripple across the lives of 25,000 farming households.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/p/jalaur-dam-wp/w9zp-jalaur-dam-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Jalaur Dam: Water for the Rice Bowl https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam/ Photo credit BSrap, CC BY-SA 4.0. The numbers tell a story of transformation. The dam is projected to provide year-round irrigation to 31,840 hectares of farmland across more than two dozen municipalities and cities in Iloilo province. Rice production is expected to increase by more than 300 metric tons. Iloilo C...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/p/jalaur-dam-wp/w9zp-jalaur-dam-water-for-the-rice-bowl.mp3 0:06 2 full Jalaur Dam: Built on a Fault Line https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam/ Photo credit Gibough, CC BY-SA 4.0. The dam sits 9.8 kilometers east of the West Panay Fault, the same geological feature responsible for the destructive 1948 Lady Caycay Earthquake, which damaged buildings, heritage sites, and churches across Panay Island. This proximity has been a persistent concern throughout th...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/p/jalaur-dam-wp/w9zp-jalaur-dam-built-on-a-fault-line.mp3 0:06 3 full Jalaur Dam: A Korean-Filipino Partnership https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam/ Photo credit BSrap, CC BY-SA 4.0. The dam's second stage was built by Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd., with partial funding from the Export-Import Bank of Korea. This Korean-Filipino partnership delivered three dams in the municipality of Calinog and a high-line canal stretching through nine municip...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/p/jalaur-dam-wp/w9zp-jalaur-dam-a-korean-filipino-partnership.mp3 0:06 4 full Jalaur Dam: The Work That Remains https://qualla.com/jalaur-dam/ Photo credit BSrap, CC BY-SA 4.0. Although the dam structure became operational in 2025, the National Irrigation Administration aims to complete all remaining civil works by October 2027. An additional 5.96 billion pesos was approved for the irrigation component, signaling the scale of work still required to conn...

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