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03-22-2012, 06:00 PM
Water shortages and pollution affect the Dominican Republic according to Inapa (the National Institute for Potable Water and Sewers), which inaugurated a program for teaching people just how important this resource is for the nation. An article in Hoy newspaper says that the national demand for water is 9.57 billion cubic meters, which classifies the country as a nation with "an elevated shortage index, especially in the regions of the North Yaque and South Yaque rivers." The new campaign by Inapa is called "Water and Food Security" and it is designed to teach the value of water and the need to save it and protect it.
A long and detailed article in Listin Diario (www.listindiario.com.do/pagina-verde/2012/3/21/226082/Existe-suficiente-agua-en-RD (http://www.listindiario.com.do/pagina-verde/2012/3/21/226082/Existe-suficiente-agua-en-RD)) notes that "You can have a lot of water, but if this water is polluted the availability is reduced." The article goes on to note that the Dominican Republic's hydrological cycle is determined by the rains that come off the ocean throughout the year. Some of the water goes into the rivers, lakes and streams, some wet down the soils and some filter down to the aquifers, which are then replenished. The National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi) calculates that some 73 cubic kilometers of water fall on the Dominican Republic during the year and over 47 cubic kilometers of these evaporate, which leaves about 26 cubic kilometers as surface water and 2.5 cubic kilometers as underground water.
The Central Mountains account for over 700 rivers and streams, the Eastern Mountains provide the sources of 193 watercourses and the hills of Neiba and Bahoruco are the watersheds for 160 rivers. The Dominican Republic has over 360 aqueducts and more than 100 rural water systems, all of which are supplied by dams like Tavera, Bao-Lopez-Angostura, Moncion, Valdesia and Rincon.
Answering the question of whether the Dominican Republic has enough water for the present and the future, the director of Water and Hydrographic Watersheds, Domingo Brito, told reporters: "Yes, if we take care of it."
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A long and detailed article in Listin Diario (www.listindiario.com.do/pagina-verde/2012/3/21/226082/Existe-suficiente-agua-en-RD (http://www.listindiario.com.do/pagina-verde/2012/3/21/226082/Existe-suficiente-agua-en-RD)) notes that "You can have a lot of water, but if this water is polluted the availability is reduced." The article goes on to note that the Dominican Republic's hydrological cycle is determined by the rains that come off the ocean throughout the year. Some of the water goes into the rivers, lakes and streams, some wet down the soils and some filter down to the aquifers, which are then replenished. The National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi) calculates that some 73 cubic kilometers of water fall on the Dominican Republic during the year and over 47 cubic kilometers of these evaporate, which leaves about 26 cubic kilometers as surface water and 2.5 cubic kilometers as underground water.
The Central Mountains account for over 700 rivers and streams, the Eastern Mountains provide the sources of 193 watercourses and the hills of Neiba and Bahoruco are the watersheds for 160 rivers. The Dominican Republic has over 360 aqueducts and more than 100 rural water systems, all of which are supplied by dams like Tavera, Bao-Lopez-Angostura, Moncion, Valdesia and Rincon.
Answering the question of whether the Dominican Republic has enough water for the present and the future, the director of Water and Hydrographic Watersheds, Domingo Brito, told reporters: "Yes, if we take care of it."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)