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06-02-2008, 04:10 PM
Two well-known experts in the field, Osiris de Leon and Isidro Rodriguez, have told reporters that dams and reservoirs in the Dominican Republic are not properly maintained. De Leon told Listin Diario reporters that the Dominican Hydroelectric Generation group is only concerned with the earnings of the dams as a result of electricity generated.
Isidro Rodriguez of Santiago's Cibao Ecological Society (SOECI) said that the government has never carried out adequate maintenance on the dams and there is no organization that does this, and nobody knows how the dams will react in the case of an earthquake. Santiago's Cibao Ecological Society (SOECI) asks for the Commission on the Management of Dams and Reservoirs to be called into permanent session in order to avoid another occurrence of the 12 December 2007 tragedy, when the Tavera Dam floodgates were opened, unleashing a torrent that caused severe human and material damage in Santiago during Hurricane Olga.
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Isidro Rodriguez of Santiago's Cibao Ecological Society (SOECI) said that the government has never carried out adequate maintenance on the dams and there is no organization that does this, and nobody knows how the dams will react in the case of an earthquake. Santiago's Cibao Ecological Society (SOECI) asks for the Commission on the Management of Dams and Reservoirs to be called into permanent session in order to avoid another occurrence of the 12 December 2007 tragedy, when the Tavera Dam floodgates were opened, unleashing a torrent that caused severe human and material damage in Santiago during Hurricane Olga.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)