List of dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs 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

The banks of lake / reservoir at Dos Bocas in Utuado

• Lago Caonillas, Utuado, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)
• Lago Carite, Guayama, PREPA
• Carraízo Dam and Lago Loíza, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA)
• Lago Cerrillos, Ponce, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Lago de Cidra, Cidra, PRASA
• Coamo Dam, between Coamo and Santa Isabel, PREPA
• Lago Dos Bocas, between Arecibo and Utuado municipalities, PREPA
• Lago Guajataca, between San Sebastián, Quebradillas and Isabela municipalities, PREPA
• Lago Guayabal, Juana Díaz, PREPA
• Lago El Guineo (Río Toro Negro), Villalba, PREPA^[2]
• Lago Garzas, Peñuelas, PREPA ^[3]
• Lago La Plata, Toa Alta, PRASA
• Patillas Dam, Patillas, PREPA^[4]
• Portugués Dam, Ponce, USACE
• Río Blanco Project, Naguabo, PREPA^[3]
• El Salto #1 and El Salto #2, Comerío
• Lago Toa Vaca, Villalba, PRASA
• Yauco Project, Yauco, PREPA^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Lago Caonillas
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  Carraízo Dam
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  Lago de Cidra
• 
  Lago Dos Bocas with dam
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  Lago Dos Bocas Dam after Hurricane Maria
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  El Salto #2 Dam
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  Lago Garzas
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  Lago Guajataca
• 
  Lago La Plata
• 
  Lago Patillas

See also

• List of rivers in Puerto Rico

References

1. "Major Dams of the United States". USGS National Map. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. "LAGO EL GUINEO AT DAMSITE NEAR VILLALBA, PR". USGS National Water Information System. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
3. "Puerto Rico Electric Power Hydroelectric Power Plants Revitalization Project (RFQ 2019-2), Government of Puerto Rico, Request for Qualification, (April 16, 2019)" (PDF). Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
4. "Sedimentation Survey of Lago Patillas, Puerto Rico, March 2007" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

• Media related to Dams in Puerto Rico and Reservoirs in Puerto Rico at Wikimedia Commons
• USGS List of Reservoirs in Puerto Rico