The Dam and Reservoir Committee announced water from the Tavera Dam in Santiago is being released, even while rains have diminished over the Cordillera Central mountain range in the last day or so.
At one point, the water level at the dam was at 324.8m above sea level, when 327m is the maximum permitted water level. At that moment some 442m³ of water per second were entering the Tavera watershed, and only 198m³ were being discharged through the floodgates or the hydroelectric plant.
The technicians reported to the Diario Libre that the releasing the water represents no danger for families that live near the dam itself. However, water levels of the Yaque River between Baitoa and Montecristi are expected to rise. Francisco Arias, the regional director Of Civil Defense, reassured families living near the dam itself and the Yaque River not to be alarmed by the false rumors of flooding, since the release of water that is not present any danger at this time.
11 May 2017
