List of dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico.
Dos Bocas Lake with dam in Puerto Rico
The below list is incomplete. The National Inventory of Dams, maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre feet (6,200,000 m3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre feet (31,000,000 m3).[1]
Dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Lago Caonillas
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- Lago Caonillas, Utuado, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)
- Carite Lake, Guayama, PREPA
- Carraízo Dam and Lago Loíza, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA)
- Lake Cerrillos Dam, Ponce, United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Lago de Cidra, Cidra, PRASA
- Coamo Dam, between Coamo and Santa Isabel, PREPA
- Dos Bocas Lake, between Arecibo and Utuado municipalities, PREPA
- Guajataca Lake, between San Sebastián, Quebradillas and Isabela municipalities, PREPA
- Lago Guayabal, Juana Díaz, PREPA
- Lago La Plata, Toa Alta, PRASA
- Patillas Dam, Patillas, PREPA[2]
- Portugués Dam, Ponce, USACE
- El Salto #1 and El Salto #2, Comerío
- Lago Toa Vaca, Villalba, PRASA
Gallery
The banks of lake / reservoir at Dos Bocas in Utuado.jpg)
Lago Dos Bocas Dam after Hurricane Maria
Lago Patillas
References
- "Major Dams of the United States". USGS National Map. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- "Sedimentation Survey of Lago Patillas, Puerto Rico, March 2007" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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