The Company of Generation Hydroelectric Dominican Republic (Egehid) reported that it registers significant production in the Central Hydroelectric of Moncionwhose prey freely pours the upper part of the wall, due to the rains of recent days, which has happened only five times after its inauguration in 2002.
According to a press release, said plant, made up of two turbines, is currently producing about 1.32 gigawatts/hour per day, the result of 55 megawatts/hour that both units nominally produce.
Due to spill freewhich is added to the flow released through the generation turbines, Egehid recommended to the communities waters below the prey of Moncionon the Mao River, be attentive to the information and measures adopted by the Emergency Operations Committee (COE), as well as the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi).
The prey of Moncionin the province of Santiago Rodríguez, poured freely above its maximum level in November and December 2003, in October 2005, in September and October 2017, as well as currently, due to several days of rain in the sub-basin of the Mao River, which derives in Yaque del Norte.
The data of this Monday December 23, they realize that the dam is located at an elevation of 280.19 meters above sea level, freely pouring about 23.44 cubic meters per second (M3/S), while another 35.3 M3/S for the turbines, for a total of 58.64 M3/S of water.
The prey of Moncion It is capable of storing 370 cubic meters of water, with which the Northwest Line Aqueduct is supplied, more than 300,000 agricultural tasks are irrigated and one of the most important tasks is fulfilled, such as the control of the floods of the Mao River.
