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DOS BOCAS DAM |
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LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION |
This dam this located between Utuado and Arecibo. The Lake
is formed by a concrete dam of 188 feet of height,
constructed in the intersection of the Arecibo and Caonillas
Rivers, like a ten miles to the Southeastern of the City of
Arecibo. Also it receives waters of the Viví, Pellejas
Rivers and of the Caonillas dam. Its normal capacity is of
30.420 acre feet and its normal surface is of 634 acres at
the level of its drain (elevation 295 feet on the level of
the sea). It has approximately five miles in length and one
maximum depth of 80 feet. |
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USE
AND HISTORY |
The Dos Bocas Dam was constructed between the 1940 at 1942
by Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for hydroelectric
generation. It has not had structural changes or
improvements in the structures from his construction. Puerto
Rico Sewer and Water Supply Authority uses water as this dam
for the project of Superacueducto. The dam level is
determined by the pluvial precipitation and the generation
in the plants Dos Bocas and Caonillas. There is a service of
boats and wharf provided by the government for the residents
of the borders of the dam. The level of the lake is
generally maintained the sufficiently high thing to allow
the safe transit of these boats. |
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