Sedimentation survey of Lago Dos Bocas, Utuado, Puerto Rico, January 2010
Scientific Investigations Map
3217
Prepared in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
By: Luis R. Soler-Lopez
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Abstract
Lago Dos Bocas reservoir was completed in 1942 to provide water for hydroelectric power generation along the northern coast of Puerto Rico. The reservoir had an original storage capacity of 37.50 million cubic meters (Mm3). The dam is located about 9 kilometers (km) northeast of the town of Utuado, immediately downstream of the original confluence of the Río Grande de Arecibo and the Río Caonillas (fig. 1).
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) owns and operates the Lago Dos Bocas reservoir, and since 1996, the reservoir has become an essential part of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) North Coast Superaqueduct Project. The Superaqueduct is supplied by controlled releases for hydroelectric power generation that replenish the public-supply raw-water intake pool located about 10 km downstream from the Lago Dos Bocas Dam (fig. 1). As of 2005, the Superaqueduct supplies about 4.03 cubic meters per second (m3/s) (348,192 cubic meters per day [m3/d]) of potable water to communities along the northern coast, from Arecibo to the San Juan metropolitan area.
Because of the importance of the reservoir to the North Coast Superaqueduct, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with PRASA, conducted a sedimentation survey of Lago Dos Bocas in January 2009. The results of this survey were used to estimate the useful life and the firm yield of the reservoir, and evaluate the need to dredge the reservoir.
Suggested Citation
Soler-Lopez, L.R., 2014, Sedimentation survey of Lago Dos Bocas, Utuado, Puerto Rico, January 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3217, 32 x 32 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3217.
ISSN: 2329-132X (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sedimentation survey of Lago Dos Bocas, Utuado, Puerto Rico, January 2010 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Series number | 3217 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sim3217 |
| Year Published | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Caribbean Water Science Center |
| Description | 32 x 32 inches |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Puerto Rico |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |