In a telephone interview, Canadian Mike Hudson, general manager of Deca Clark, said that the wakeboarding lake was merely a feature of a 130-hectare housing subdivision.
Hudson also insisted that the park’s lake was filled in by rainwater, and not by pumping water from the local aquifer.
“It took about two years to fill in that lake, and last year was propitious because it was rainy in Angeles,” he said.
Hudson, however, admitted that a water pump is used to replenish water that evaporates from the lake at the rate of about 500 gallons per day during dry weather.
“But that is much less than the thousands upon thousands of gallons needed to water daily the vast golf courses (in the Angeles area),” he said, stressing that the wakeboarding lake occupies only about three hectares, with depths of about six to eight feet.
Hudson also said all requirements of the government, including all clearances and permits from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, were obtained in time for Deca Clark’s formal opening last Dec. 15.
From Nov. 6 to 11 last year, Deca Clark hosted the Cable Wakeboard World Championship, with participants from all over the world.
Hudson said Pamintuan must have been surprised by the event since only international media were invited to cover it.
The park charges patrons from P500 to P1,200 per visitor, depending on their duration of stay.
