Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich inspected the operation of reservoirs and inter-reservoirs of An Khe-Ka Nak Hydropower Company.

Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich inspects An Khe reservoir. Photo: Duc Hai

Accordingly, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich inspected the field at the two reservoirs Ka Nak and An Khe.

Ka Nak Lake has a useful capacity of over 285 million m3, currently the total flood prevention capacity in the lake is 90.5 million m3; the water level is at elevation 509 compared to the maximum elevation of 515; the water flow to the lake is 35.8 m3/s, currently there is no water discharge through the spillway.

An Khe reservoir has a useful capacity of 5.6 million m3, total flood prevention capacity is 0.33 million m3; current water level is at elevation 428 compared to maximum elevation of 429; water flow to the reservoir is 48.66 m3/s and spillway discharge is 12 m3/s.

According to forecasts, the water flow will peak on November 7 at Ka Nak Lake at 350 m3/s and An Khe Lake at 250 m3/s.

Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich (third from right) inspects Ka Nak reservoir. Photo: Duc Hai

During the inspection, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich acknowledged the proactiveness of An Khe-Ka Nak Hydropower Company in developing plans and strategies to respond to storm No. 13 and ensuring dam safety during the rainy and stormy season.

At the same time, An Khe-Ka Nak Hydropower Company is requested to continue monitoring the storm situation and strictly comply with the reservoir and inter-reservoir operation procedures; ensure the operation of automatic monitoring stations and automatic notification systems.

Coordinate and closely contact with downstream sectors and localities when operating flood discharge at each level; promptly notify people, respond and coordinate, support localities to evacuate people and assets to safety.

Along with that, the unit needs to set out the worst-case scenario to have the best response and handling plan, to avoid human casualties and minimize property damage caused by flood discharge.

Source: https://gialai.gov.vn/tin-tuc/tin-tuc-thoi-su/pho-chu-tich-ubnd-tinh-nguyen-thi-thanh-lich-kiem-tra-cong-tac-van-hanh-ho-chua-lien-ho-chua-cua-cong-ty-thuy-dien-an-kh.html