Raúl Montero said that the state company is better positioned in the event of a possible water deficit due to the La Niña phenomenon.
He president of OSE, Raúl Monteroassured that the state company is better positioned and more prepared to face a potential new drought that can bring with it La Niña phenomenon in the middle of the current year in our country.
The head of the state company told Channel 5 in the last few hours that the La Niña phenomenon is expected to affect our country during the second half of the year.
About this, Montero explained that, today, SBI “starts from a better situation than in 2023” to confront the climate phenomenon, since some procedures were put into practice during the historic drought last year, and a protocol was also created.
“We have some built infrastructure that gives us more strength,” said the leader, who added: “a year ago, in February 2023, we had almost half the water that we have now in Severino Pass (Florida)because we were spending it like we always spend it.
“At the beginning of the fall the rain came and the issue was not resolved,” he commented. Huntsman, alluding to this as one of the consequences of the water calamities that affected the country. “Now we are taking care of that water, and, to the extent that we have to put the water pipe to work San Jose River“We are going to use it,” he explained.
OSE’s objective is to accumulate the greatest amount of water reserves in Paso Severino
For the authorities of SBIthe objective in 2024 will be to accumulate the greatest amount of water reserves in the Paso Severino dam, in order to anticipate the next drought.
Likewise, he stated that SBI It also has the transfer that is made of Saint Lucia River downstream in Aguas Corrientes, which “is already much more powerful than when we started last year.” “We have the advantage that we have all that fresh water between Aguas Corrientes and very close to the mouth with the Silver riversomething that didn’t happen last year either,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
