Despite the approaching summer, the storage level in Sinaloa’s dams remains low. According to the latest report from the National Water Commission (Conagua), issued on June 20, the state’s 12 reservoirs collectively hold only 6 percent of their total storage capacity.
Among the state’s largest, the Luis Donaldo Colosio Dam (Huites) remains at a worrying 3.7 percent capacity, with just 119.2 million cubic meters stored out of a total of 3,202.2 million cubic meters it can hold.
The Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Dam follows with 5.4 percent, equivalent to 166.1 million cubic meters, while the Adolfo López Mateos Dam (Varejonal), with a capacity of just over three billion cubic meters, reports only 3.2 percent, or 97.4 million.
The Sanalona Dam, which supplies water to Culiacán, is also below 4 percent, with only 22.8 million cubic meters stored, out of a total of 688 million available for conservation.
In contrast, the dams of the Baluarte-Presidio system are in better condition. The Picachos Dam, in the south of the state, is at 58.8 percent, with 189.4 million cubic meters, and the Santa María Dam is at 51.6 percent, with 418.2 million.
In total, Sinaloa’s dams report a combined volume of 936 million cubic meters, compared to a conservation capacity exceeding 15.6 billion. This represents a deficit of more than 800 million compared to the same period last year.
With the rains forecast for this Sunday, June 22, water levels are expected to begin to rise slightly, providing some relief to both the agricultural and livestock sectors, which depend on stored water for the planting season.
Source: oem
