Type: Tangible Immovable (Government and Commercial Buildings)
Location: BS Aquino Avenue, Bagong Nayon, Baliwag, Bulacan
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Brief Description
Aguas Potables is an elevated concrete water reservoir. It has a diameter of 10 meters, elevation of 18.7 meters, and height of 7.5 meters, with a 380 cubic meter capacity.
Significance
Aguas Potables is one of the remaining American-period town water storage systems in Bulacan and probably even in the country. It was built in circa 1930s during the term of Dr. PeregrinoSauco as Municipal President to store water for the use of the community. It was an essential source of clean water especially during the period of cholera outbreaks.
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