Project Dam or Water Reservoir / Design Criteria, Functional Modifications and Relevant Dimensions.

In this opportunity I made a fieldwork, (What I must confess are the ones I enjoy the most, because I go out into the real world and I feel in contact with the professional environment) and it corresponds to a very important Matter that is inside me. Plan of academic study and it is called Construction, insurance in its Universities around the world should take another interesting name would be named here to know us better, Ok as I kept saying, the job was to choose a dam from my country (Venezuela) but Instead of choosing a high-level dam like the ones in big cities like La represa del Guri, the Curachi dam, the macagua dam or the Tocoma dam that even have international awards, I decided to go for something simpler than It is a dam that is located in a small town, well hidden in Venezuelan geography, but it is quite important. You already know what people I speak to you, this is where I am from, and it is Trujillo Pint. oresco my beautiful land, his name is the dam of living water his name says it all right? Hahahaha

I take as a reference information a complete report that was made in the Trujillo state, which I thought was very important and interesting to be able to exercise the report, Information from the local newspaper of Trujillo, Trujillo state, Diario los Andes.

A monumental engineering work such as the Agua Viva dam may not be rebuilt in the Edo. Trujillo Erected to consolidate the El Cenizo Irrigation System, which was designed to irrigate some 8,600 hectares of crops in the varieties of sugar cane, banana, corn, caraota, pineapple, melon, fruit, grass, among others. Its first stage was inaugurated by President Ramón J. Velásquez, on January 7, 1994, and its master plan of hydraulic development, established the sanitation of productive lands for their high fertility, located in the Pan American Axis, or rather, the called the plain of the Lower Zone, regulating the flows of the Motatán and Carache rivers, by retaining the large volumes of water generated by these bodies in rainy weather. In addition to this use, in the original project a second stage was contemplated, the installation of a power generation plant with a power of 31 Mw, which would be currently solving the severe electricity demand crisis.

But everything is not positive This is the current sad reality of the reservoir:

The governmental inertia ruined these beautiful and productive dreams, given that the pollution was reducing the depth and surface area covered, since it is estimated that an average of 80.5 million tons of sediment per year are entering its lake. The Carache River, because of its very pronounced relief, its soils with a clay texture and an accentuated afforestation of its soils, is the one that contributes the greatest quantity of sediments to the Agua Viva reservoir; therefore, it needs an urgent ecological protection.

Currently, the waters of the Agua Viva reservoir have become rotten and poisoned, as it is the last link where the organic and agro-toxic chemicals in general from the high valleys of Trujillo and Merida are discharged. residential and industrial sewage, chemical fertilizers, solid waste, among others, to this we must add, the excessive afforestation and burning in the headwaters of its main tributaries, the intensive use of water for irrigation and the unlimited usufruct of gravels and sands , which increases the displacement of sediments.

Its useful life was estimated at 80 years, but its inefficient maintenance disabled it in less than two decades.

Here I enter, making my contribution Architectonic and here I present my Personal Design focusing on the sustainable and ecological.

a) For the Modification of the Dam take into account many important aspects of it, but leave aside the major flaws that currently have, my design consists of the Introduction of mills or blades that generate energy through the movements that emits the wind, taking into account that the frequency of the air currents are quite prominent since the force of the water generates it, since this dam or reservoir does not generate this function (Dam or Reservoir of Living Water).

b) Secondly, I would take into account leisure areas such as squares, lookouts, etc ... Since this is a state heritage and something of a public nature that many people take into account when visiting a state or city , The green areas are of real importance, they would be kept clean and above all well taken care of for the beautification of the site, as for the maintenance they would be very constant since this type of construction makes it merit.

c) Let's talk a little about the structural and architectural modification, the material is loose so it allows the fluvial cause, in this it would almost work with stone or concrete and in this way the supply or irrigation that is the main function it would be fulfilled, its structure almost always repeats itself and is like that of an Isosceles triangle with a wide base and then narrowing and using concrete, which is a material of sufficient strength and durability, which is what we are looking for when building underwater .

d) This design would annex some solar panels that are near the reservoir, located in one of the green areas and located in the northern part of the terrain so that the sun has a higher incidence in them and you can function in the best way Possible this would also help generate electricity in the late night and early morning hours.

Here I show you, that you make Sketches by hand in gray and with shadows trying to show what I am telling you in lines at the top of the page, I hope it is to your liking.