The drains in Venezuela are at least 50 years old and their structure is “obsolete”, according to the opinion of Valdemar Andrade
Valdemar Andrade, hydrometeorological engineer at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), said this Friday, November 15, that it is necessary to resize the drainage system in Venezuela to be able to adapt them to the new climatological reality and the transformation of urban areas.
Andrade, in an interview granted to Radio Fe y Alegríapointed out that the current infrastructure is “obsolete” because it was designed 50 years ago.
“Having more impermeable areas increases discovery and, therefore, we would have to have much larger drainage to be able to develop water, especially in cities like Maracaibo, because it is completely flat,” he explained.
In that sense, he said that in the capital of the state of Zulia the rains exceeded the historical average for the time and there caused the collapse of the roads. So much so that the rainfall damaged at least eight municipalities in the entity.
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For this reason, he stressed the importance of keeping the channels of the ravines, ravines and drainage systems clean with the aim of minimizing risks. Likewise, he recommended that the population remain calm and take precautions.
He pointed out that the most recent rainfall evident in several states in the west of the country could be enhanced by Tropical Storm Sara.
Precipitation in Caracas to date reaches 64.1 millimeters, equivalent to 64.1 liters per square meter, according to records from the climatological station of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) cited by Andrade.
The expert explained that this figure is close to the historical average for November, of 98 millimeters.
In contrast, he pointed out that in other regions of the country rainfall is scarce, as evidenced by the minimum levels of the Orinoco River in points such as Ayacucho, Caicara and Ciudad Bolívar.
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