Carraízo Dam

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Carraízo Dam is a major flood-control and water-supply structure in Puerto Rico that impounds the Loíza River to form the Carraízo Reservoir serving the San Juan metropolitan area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carraízo Dam canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
flood-control structure ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
water-supply infrastructure ⓘ
affects downstream flooding in Loíza River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Loíza Dam ⓘ
Represa Carraízo ⓘ
linked to: Embalse Carraízo
basinCountry Puerto Rico ⓘ
completionDate 1950s ⓘ
constructionStart mid-20th century ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
createsReservoir Carraízo Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Carraízo reservoir
hasFunction regulation of Loíza River flow ⓘ
storage of potable water ⓘ
hasPart Carraízo Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Carraízo reservoir
hasRisk drought-related water shortages ⓘ
sedimentation in reservoir ⓘ
impounds Loíza River ⓘ
isPartOf water supply system of San Juan metropolitan area ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Trujillo Alto
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Municipality of Trujillo Alto ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicalUnit Loíza River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Loíza River basin
locatedNear Carraízo barrio ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Loíza River ⓘ
managedBy Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority ⓘ
namedAfter Carraízo area ⓘ
nearCity Caguas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
San Juan, Puerto Rico ⓘ
operator Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority ⓘ
primaryCitySupplied San Juan, Puerto Rico ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
reservoirName Carraízo Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Carraízo reservoir
reservoirUse drinking water supply ⓘ
flood attenuation ⓘ
riverBasin Loíza River basin ⓘ
serves Bayamón, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Carolina, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico ⓘ
San Juan metropolitan area ⓘ
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Trujillo Alto
usedFor public water supply system of northern Puerto Rico ⓘ
waterSourceType surface water ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carraízo Reservoir → hasInfrastructure → Carraízo Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Carraízo reservoir
Carraízo Reservoir → createdBy → Carraízo Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Carraízo reservoir
Río Grande de Loíza → hasDam → Carraízo Dam ⓘ
Loíza River → hasDam → Carraízo Dam ⓘ
Embalse Carraízo → createdBy → Carraízo Dam ⓘ