History of Tota

of the twentieth century, Lake Tota was the subject of hydrological studies of the American firm RJ Tipton Peace River Steel Mill and between 1971 and 1973, conducted the first comprehensive study of the watershed of Lake Tota prepared by the Inderena.

As for the economic purpose, was constructed in 1928 through the Cuitiva Boqueron, marking the first use of the lake as destined to irrigate farm land in the Company (the Sanchez brothers) in the Valley Iza. Also, in 1939 began fish farming. Later in 1952, Peace River Steelworks purchase Boquerón tunnel which starts to incorporate siphons stock, at the time they begin to benefit both Steelworks, as several municipal water systems, industries and a number of agricultural and livestock users.⁸

In the 1960s these works caused flooding in the surrounding areas due to river diversion Olarte, why, in 1968 approved Law 84, which mandates the lake level rise of two meters above the level reached in January 1966. Thus, expropriates the Gaza strip floodplain plus additional protection designed to Lake totaling 700 hectares for incremental thus the volume of the reservoir, but by technical and economic problems was not possible to implement.

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