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The National Water Authority signed an inter-institutional agreement with the Municipal Drinking Water and Sewerage Company of Coronel Portillo S.A. (EMAPACOPSA), which operates in the city of Pucallpa, capital of the province of Coronel Portillo, Ucayali region, with the aim of improving the implementation of the National Water Resources Information System.
The event, coordinated by the Ucayali Water Administrative Authority (PRASA), was held within the framework of the Mechanisms for Remuneration for Water Ecosystem Services, in order to establish components of cooperation and inter-institutional coordination to enable the exchange of information regarding water resources in the area of the Abujao River basin, Masisea district, province of Coronel Portillo.
In this way, the guidelines of good governance are complied with, defining the commitments by the entities involved, such as; To provide hydrometric information generated daily by the station operated by EMAPACOPSA in the Abujao river basin, through a joint technical work that involves data collection and the process of systematizing the information.
On the other hand; the ANA will provide information that is generated daily at the hydrometric station in the city of Pucallpa; It will also provide technical assistance to the company for the installation of the hydrometric station and a cycle of capacity building of the company's technicians and professionals during the operation and maintenance stage of the station. In addition to sharing the information registered in the National Observatory of Water Resources.
In this way, it seeks to prevent in a timely manner any event that may affect the populations near the banks, as a result of an increase in the flow of the river. This work will also contribute to the prevention of conflicts between users who live in the Ucayali River basin.
Alberto Osorío Valencia, director of PRASA Ucayali, mentioned that this station has the objective of generating hydrometric information of the Ucayali River, as well as for the early warning system, which will allow to know the flows instantly and in real time; in order to determine actions that have an impact on the care of the entire basin.
