{"id":124318,"date":"2019-03-25T14:03:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=124318"},"modified":"2019-03-26T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:42:26","slug":"most-reservoirs-are-low-drinking-water-assured-olgo-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/25\/most-reservoirs-are-low-drinking-water-assured-olgo-fernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Most reservoirs are low; drinking water assured: Olgo Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reservoir-in-Northwest-zone-Elieser-Tapi-for-El-D\u00eda-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124401\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reservoir-in-Northwest-zone-Elieser-Tapi-for-El-D\u00eda-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reservoir-in-Northwest-zone-Elieser-Tapi-for-El-D\u00eda-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reservoir-in-Northwest-zone-Elieser-Tapi-for-El-D\u00eda-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reservoir-in-Northwest-zone-Elieser-Tapi-for-El-D\u00eda.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Elieser Tapia\/El D\u00eda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The head of the National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI), <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">Olgo<\/g> Fern\u00e1ndez, announces that 32 of the nation\u2019s 34 reservoirs are at \u201ccritical levels\u201d and this will have a negative impact on farming and cattle ranching. He added that according to international forecasts, the drought could well last another 60 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez noted that this is the worst drought recorded over the past 60 years. He told reporters from El Dia that the only reservoirs that are at a normal level for irrigation and human consumption are Hatillo and Valdesia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured the public that water for human consumption is assured and that water would not be diverted to farming or generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the INDRHI boss, the agency began to \u201cadminister\u201d water back in August 2018, thus assuring the rice, tomato and bean crops of the fall of 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the INDRHI drilled 2,066 wells in the areas of greatest need, and currently are drilling wells in Santiago Rodriguez, Montecristi and Dajab\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/presas-estan-en-estado-critico-por-sequia-extrema\/\">El&nbsp;Dia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/de-cumplirse-los-pronosticos-la-sequia-sera-grave-y-extendida\/\">El&nbsp;Dia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25 March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI), Olgo Fern\u00e1ndez, announces that 32 of the nation\u2019s 34 reservoirs are at \u201ccritical levels\u201d and this will have a negative impact on farming and cattle ranching. He added that according to international forecasts, the drought could well last another 60 days. Fern\u00e1ndez noted that this &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/25\/most-reservoirs-are-low-drinking-water-assured-olgo-fernandez\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124402,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124318\/revisions\/124402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}