• Client

    COTIRC - Comisión Técnica Interprovincial del Río Colorado

  • Country

    Argentina

  • Location

    Pcias. de Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén y Río Negro

  • Area

    Hydraulics

  • Year

    1961

Type of Work: Climatological and hydrological studies. 

Climatological and hydrological studies (determination of the locations of meteorological stations and gauging, etc.) of the Colorado River basin, which has 134,000 km². Design of a scheme for the multiple use of water resources that considered two alternatives with their respective stages of placing under irrigation of dominated areas, river and construction of regulation and diversion dams. The net irrigable area was 1,100,000 ha. The installed power in the possible uses was 560 MW and the annual energy of 30,906 Wh.