Huong Dien Hydropower Plant will regulate water through the spillway and through the turbine with a flow rate of 600 m3/s to 1,000 m3/s.

On the morning of December 13, Huong Dien Hydropower Joint Stock Company sent a notice to localities and departments about the implementation of the operation and regulation of Huong Dien Hydropower Reservoir (Huong Tra Town) on the upper Bo River.

Accordingly, based on the hydrological parameters of Huong Dien Lake at 7:30 a.m. on December 13, the current water level of the lake is 57.71m, the downstream water level is 3.2m, the water flow to the lake is 585m3/s, the flow through the spillway and turbine is 451m3/s.

Huong Dien Hydropower Joint Stock Company announced that it plans to regulate water through the spillway and through the turbine with a flow rate of 600 m3/s to 1,000 m3/s and adjust operations depending on the actual flow to the reservoir. The implementation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on December 13. Localities downstream of the Bo River are requested to notify people in the affected area so that appropriate response solutions can be found.

Previously, the Irrigation Investment and Construction Management Board 5 also announced that it would start regulating Ta Trach Lake through a spillway with a flow rate of 300-500m3/s. The flow rate through the hydropower plant is 85m3/s. The total discharge rate is 385-585m3/s.

According to the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue (PCTT&TKCN), the water level on rivers in Thua Thien Hue is currently changing moderately, with the Huong River and Bo River fluctuating at approximately level 1.

From the afternoon of December 13 to 15, there is a possibility of a flood occurring on the rivers of Thua Thien Hue . During this flood, the flood peak on the Bo River is likely to be at level II to level III, other rivers are at level II.

Risk of flooding, prolonged flooding in low-lying areas, flooding in urban areas, flash floods and landslides on steep slopes in mountainous areas. Localities are required to have plans to warn people and vehicles when traveling through culverts, spillways, bridges, and roads with deep flooding and fast-flowing water.

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