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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2023)

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

References

^ "Major Dams of the United States". USGS National Map. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "LAGO EL GUINEO AT DAMSITE NEAR VILLALBA, PR". USGS National Water Information System. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ "Sedimentation Survey of Lago Patillas, Puerto Rico, March 2007" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 21 July 2020.