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One of the first thoughts I had when it passed the earthquake, the strong one on April 6, so to speak, was: who knows what happened to the lake and dams in the valley Vomano.

Thereafter, the seismic shift toward Campotosto has exacerbated this concern. Now talk about all of this great lake, 1,400 acres, I do not know how many millions of cubic meters of water, which rises to an altitude of over 1,300 meters.

Let's look better, as it formed? The lake is located on a former peat bog, which was flooded due to being closed in the 30s through three different dams. The first bank is located a few meters from the town of Poggio Cancelli, just above the houses of the country, here's a photo ( http://www.poggiocancelli.it/ ) quite explanatory of its location.

A second dam in , picture http://www.meteogiornale.it/ , (do not be surprised, the lake usually freezes in winter) is located in the eastern part of the lake in the area that hangs over the upper valley of Vomano. A third dam, but overlooks the narrow valley of the Rio Fucino also tributary of the river which flows in Vomano in the neighborhood of Aprati (village of Croghan), this barrier is used as an emissary of the lake and has served in recent days considerably lowering the water level of the basin.

The lake is part of a complex water system for the production of electricity to which they belong integral two other reservoirs located a little further down the winding, narrow valley Vomano. A first branch is that of Providence (see photo of Rolling Riders MTB ) which follows the further downstream a second smaller basin, with a cap to Piaganini Acito of 217 cubic meters ( see photo Fabrizio Sulli).

The three reservoirs are all part of the basin Vomano side of the valley, a valley up to a few hundred meters from the town of Montorio al Vomano is narrow and winding, with more akin to a real groove with respect to a Valley Classic, in a nutshell is a long natural funnel. The fact that the larger basin, which is to Campotosto, is also one located further upstream is a major concern. Its eventual failure would trigger a domino effect where the effects are obvious. Beyond the Valley of the figure as a city with nine thousand inhabitants Montorio and later to the coast there are many other towns of a certain size.

With this paper I do not want to alarm anyone, of course, at this stage there is not really needed, but only to explain how this area is shaped from a territorial point of view. Know what you are talking is always better.