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DRNA tells Senate panel Cerrillos reservoir is ‘healthy’; senators press for dredging of Dos Bocas as Arecibo channelization gets federal funds
Summary
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources official Edgardo Contreras told a Senate infrastructure committee that Cerrillos reservoir is operating within design parameters and does not need immediate dredging, while senators urged action on Lago Dos Bocas; the Río Grande de Arecibo channelization has about $174 million in federal funding and is expected to begin in 2023.
Edgardo Contreras, secretario auxiliar de operaciones del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, told the Senate committee on innovation, telecommunications and infrastructure that the Cerrillos reservoir—built in 1995–1996—is "healthy" and currently does not require dredging. Contreras said the reservoir’s design anticipated sedimentation of up to three feet over a century, which would reduce storage capacity by about 19 percent, and detailed three operational elevation bands and their respective storage volumes.
The committee convened to consider a joint Senate resolution (No. 32) focused on reservoir maintenance and dredging. An unnamed committee chair pressing the panel raised concerns about Lago Dos…
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