The government of the Philippines decided to adopt a new technology registered on JS Innovation Program* for its Metro Manila Flood Management Project.
The new technology “All Speed/water Level Type Horizontal Submersible Pump” will be employed for the pump gate of the project that Department of Public Works and Highways orders.
A pump gate has features of a short work period and a small construction cost because it has little equipment and requires no pump house. The new pump has additional advantages that it runs at a lower water level and gives less burden to electronic devices than the conventional horizontal submersible pump.
Recent global climate change or urbanization accelerate flood inundation in the metropolitan area of Manila. The promising new pump will contribute to mitigating the damage from flooding significantly. The new technology is also expected to be adopted by other southeast Asian countries suffering from similar problems.
* Japan Sewage Works Agency (JS) has been running “JS Innovation Program” since 2011. The program aims to encourage the development of new technologies that meet various needs of municipal wastewater business and facilitate the adoptions of the innovative technologies to our entrusted projects.
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