Nuevo León and Conagua agree to reduce the extraction of dams

Monterrey, NL. The capacity of the dams New Lion It is descending due to the lack of rain. The head of the Rio Grande Basin Organization of With waterLuis Carlos Alatorre, recommended to Monterrey Water and Drainage Services to reduce the extraction of the dam Prieto Hill at 1,500 liters per second, half of what was being extracted and 800 liters per second from the La Boca reservoir.

“In order to make the water available and manage it correctly, Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey follows the recommendation of the Technical Committee for the Operation of Hydraulic Works of Conagua, to reduce the extraction from the La Boca dam to 800 liters per second and works to reduce the extraction of Cerro Prieto to 1,500 liters per second, a measure that will be gradually fulfilled and as new sources of supply are incorporated,” he said in a statement.

The Governor participated in the meeting. Samuel Garcia Sepulvedaand the director of Water and Drainage, Juan Ignacio Barragán, who told the media: “we agree on the need to progressively and rationally reduce extraction at the Cerro Prieto dam, and we are going to do that gradually, as we incorporate wells deep”.

The official assured that the weekly extraction is around 2,500 liters per second but some days it rises to 3,500 because some wells fail.

For example, according to the daily report on the storage of the dams, sent by the National Water Commission, it is observed that on days like January 18, the Cerro Prieto dam had 17.44% storage and there was an extraction of 3,564 liters per second. In addition, the La Boca vessel was at 63.18% of its capacity and 1,177 liters per second were extracted, to this is added that El Cuchillo was at 48.48% of its capacity and the extraction was 5,135 liters per second.

Although on January 24 the extraction in Prieto Hill it was 2,668 liters per second and in La Boca 0.720 liters per second, the extraction of El Cuchillo rose to 6,184 liters per second.

This Sunday, January 29, Prieto Hillwhich is the second largest dam in the state, stored 49,583 million cubic meters with a filling of 16.53% and an extraction of 2,402 liters per second.

In turn, the prey Mouthwith a volume of 24,503 million cubic meters and a capacity of 62.05%, lowered its extraction level to 0.687 liters per second.

While, The knifewith a capacity of up to 1,123 liters per second, has 538,033 million cubic meters, that is, it is at 47.90% of its capacity and 5,040 liters per second were extracted, indicated the report of the With water.

A few days ago, Luis Carlos Alatorre declared that the state government has been asked to reduce the extraction of the dams, in order to guarantee the supply and have a margin of maneuver in the event of another crisis such as the one that occurred in 2022. , which worsened in May and June due to lack of rain.

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