Tri An Hydropower Company said that at 10:00 a.m. on October 26, the upstream water level of the lake was 61.57 m, the downstream water level at the plant was 4.2 m, and the water flow to the lake was 640 m3/s.
According to the flood tide warning bulletin for the downstream area of the Saigon - Dong Nai River on October 26 of the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, the water level at most stations in the downstream area of the Saigon - Dong Nai River will rise again in the next 5 days.
Based on the daily hydrological forecast bulletin on the Dong Nai river basin of the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, the water level downstream of the river at Bien Hoa hydrological station is forecast to increase. Tri An Hydropower Company stops releasing water through the spillway.
The time to stop the discharge is 4:00 p.m. on October 26. At that time, the water flow through the spillway is 0m3/s, the water flow through the turbine is from 600 - 800m3/s, the total water flow downstream is from 600 - 800m3/s.
According to Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Huy, Director of the Dong Nai Province Hydrometeorological Station, on October 26, the water level at Bien Hoa station (downstream of Dong Nai River) was still below alert level 1.
It is forecasted that in the coming days, high tides at Bien Hoa station will rise, possibly causing flooding in low-lying areas along rivers and streams.
Tri An Hydropower Plant is the largest reservoir in the South with 4 turbines and a designed capacity of 400MW. In addition to contributing to the national grid, Tri An Hydropower Plant also helps regulate water sources for daily life, production, repelling salinity and regulating floods in downstream areas.
