The company of Generation Hydroelectric Dominican (Egehid) announced today the postponement of emptied of the Aguacate Dam, without a defined date, due to the tropical wave that affects the region, ensuring that the rains that are happening “provide significant rainfall in the basin of the Nizao River and, in particular, the flooding of the Mahomita River”, tributaries that feed this reservoir.
The Egehid He planned to open the dam’s gates on the morning of this Monday, November 11.
In a statement, he assured that the objective of the emptied was to replace a gasket valve in the driving tunnel to the Aguacate hydroelectric powerhouse.
Regulation of the prey
Throughout the morning of November 11, the level of water of the prey Avocado rose considerably, to the point that surpassed the levels of the five floodgates at the same time and overflowed them.
This is due to the type of water regulation in the dam, which is a planned discharge in accordance with the operating protocol. In each dam, the inflow flow is taken into account and a determined amount of water is let out through the gates in a regulated manner.
In the case of the Avocado damAs it has gates, the water is never allowed to overflow. Only the “free pour” ones do so over the wall.
Egehid assured that the opening would imply releasing some 40 cubic meters per second of waterthat is why the authorities prohibited the use of spas and other human activities in the Nizao River, in the section that goes from the power house of the hydroelectric from Jigüey to the tail of the reservoir prey of Valdesia.
“The corresponding organizations will be informing in a timely manner, the moment chosen for the emptying operation (of the Aguacate dam) with the planned objectives,” he said. Egehid.
