Main Components of The Project
Though called an aqueduct, the project presented by De Albear is complex water supply system, including the following components:
- dams for the creation of storage ponds for the water of the springs
- Hydraulic structures in the Vento gully
- Desilting structures
- Tunel for the crossing of the Almendares River
- canal for conveyance of water to the city
- water treatment plant
- water storage tanks and water towers
- the water distribution network in the city.
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