droughts

Maria fernanda: Cali enlists their batteries against the hard dry Concern. The river Melendez is one of the three watersheds that supply water Cali, today the deficit in water production is critical and will affect drought is over. File / The Country

Emcali, next EPSA and CVC, and execute a contingency plan to ensure water.

"The alert by the prolongation and intensification of El Niño and drought brings alarms should be turned, but not generate alarm among the Cali. There is no reason for it. "

The phrase is the manager of Energy Emcali, Alfredo Reyes, who said the country is ready to face the dry season which runs until April 2010, according to forecasts and early warning Ideam released Wednesday.

Rivers and temperature

• El Niño is in its maturity stage and in the most moderate in intensity.

• The climate phenomenon will Persisting until March 2010.

• The average temperatures in Cali live in December and January, will range between 33 to 35 degrees in the shade.

• The Palo basin recorded levels of 54 meters per second. In the Rio La Vieja is 52 meters per second.

• The Rio Cali 900 liters per second recorded, did not reach the cubic meter. They are historically low levels. Last year in December was 12.8 cubic meters.

• As Salvajina today has 54% of the total volume of 900 million cubic meters. What is an obvious gap.