OSE raised the alarm and described the current situation of the dam in the department of Florida as “very critical.”
SBI He reported that The water reserves in the Paso Severino dam are at less than 5.66% of the total capacitywith a volume of 3.79 million cubic meters out of a total of 67 million cubic meters. According to the entity, the current situation of the reservoir in the department of Florida continue being “very critical“.
The volume in Paso Severino, the main freshwater reserve for the population of Montevideo and the metropolitan area, continues to fall to record lowsafter last May the drought was such that it exposed the “old bridge”, which had been completely submerged more than 36 years ago.
The water situation in Lavalleja begins to normalize
According to SBI, in Minas the reservoir continues to rise and the water level is 2.45 meters below. In turn, it was reported that the shutdown of the Maggiolo Power Plant continues at night and pumping in the basin was suspended.
Tanker truck operations were also suspended. Although for the state company the situation in lavalleja it is still “certainly careful”, is in a “tendency to normalize“.
On the southern coast there is a water supply for more than 60 days
The OSE report indicates that on the southern coast (more specifically in the departments of Cologne and Saint Joseph) there are water reserves for 60 or even more daysand “it is estimated that there will be no problems to ensure the supply.”
In turn, work continues on the completion of the transfer pipeline to Nueva Helvecia (Colonia), as well as on the installation of its pump. In the town of Colonia, a capacity to supply water for at least 60 more days is also estimated.
Source: Ambito
