Reservoirs of Pinar del Río Recover

After the latest rainfalls, the 24 reservoirs of Pinar del Río have increased their volumes to 70 million cubic meters and present a favourable situation by storing a total of 430.2 million cubic meters, which represent 55 % of their full capacity.

According to William Mayola Ledesma deputy director of the Hydraulic Use Company in the territory, the dams that guarantee the water to the rice production region are at 46 percent (increased to 40 million cubic meters), and those destined to supply the population are positively recovering. Until Monday morning was registered an accumulated sheet of rain of 224 millimetres, which represents 109 pecent of the average rain sheet for June.

Mayola Ledesma added that the technical state of the reservoirs is good and they have enough capacity to assimilate the runoff if the rain persists. Nevertheless all the reservoirs are being monitored to evaluate their state every eight hours.