Day 39 of the metro rotation plan: interruptions paused since September 2, plan still in force. This morning’s 5:00 chart from the Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados shows Carraízo at 39.25 meters — up 9 centimeters from yesterday, and La Plata at 44.46 meters — up 6 centimeters from yesterday.
This is the 35th entry in our daily chart check (yesterday’s is here), built the same way every morning — from AAA’s own numbers, read off its charts for our reservoir board.
Carraízo: a rise
Carraízo gained ground overnight. This morning’s chart puts it at 39.25 meters — up 9 centimeters from yesterday, in the observación band. The next line on the chart — into the ajustes band — sits at 38.50 meters, 0.75 meters below this morning’s reading.
Carraízo · September 15
- Level today
- 39.25 mband: observación
- Change since yesterday
- +9 cm
- To the ajustes line
- 0.75 mline at 38.50 m
- At the current pace
- rising
La Plata: a rise
La Plata gained ground overnight. This morning’s chart puts it at 44.46 meters — up 6 centimeters from yesterday, in the ajustes band. The next line on the chart — into the control band — sits at 40.50 meters, 3.96 meters below this morning’s reading.
If your water comes from La Plata — Dorado, Guaynabo, Naranjito, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, Bayamón, Cataño, Corozal — this is the reservoir to watch; AAA lists 130,828 client accounts on it.
La Plata · September 15
- Level today
- 44.46 mband: ajustes
- Change since yesterday
- +6 cm
- To the control line
- 3.96 mline at 40.50 m
- At the current pace
- rising
What the numbers say
This week’s rain brought a genuine reversal across the metro system. Carraízo swung from a decline the prior week to a solid climb, with the heaviest rain day, 1.6 in on September 14, followed by the sharpest single-morning gain of the week. La Plata told a similar story: last week’s decline gave way to four straight mornings higher, even though earlier rain on September 9 and September 10 had actually coincided with drops, a sign the ground needed to catch up before the reservoir responded. Cidra’s turnaround was gentler, easing from a mild slide into a slow but steady rise.
None of this changes the picture overnight. Carraízo’s pace, if sustained, points toward the next line up in about 12 days, while La Plata and Cidra are also arithmetically headed upward, though far more slowly, especially Cidra given how close it sits to a lower band it’s now moving away from. These are projections based on the current trailing rate, not predictions — a dry spell could flatten any of them quickly. For now, the direction across all three reservoirs is the same: up, not down.
What to watch
- Carraízo: whether the rise survives a dry week — this week’s gain came with 3.11 in of rain nearby.
- La Plata: whether the rise survives a dry week — this week’s gain came with 2.42 in of rain nearby.
- Cidra: whether the rise survives a dry week — this week’s gain came with 4.71 in of rain nearby.
The other rationing reservoir
Cidra · September 15
- Level today
- 400.27 mband: observación
- Change since yesterday
- +1 cm
- To the ajustes line
- 0.04 mline at 400.23 m
- At the current pace
- rising
Numbers from AAA’s Monitoreo Diario chart of Sep 15, read each morning for our reservoir board — where the levels, the bands, and the live rain gauges update daily. Rain figures are USGS gauges within 12 km of each reservoir (a proximity proxy, not a basin measurement). Day counts start Aug 8, when the metro rotation took effect. Straight-line dates are arithmetic, not forecasts. The analysis paragraphs are drafted by Claude from the computed figures and checked number-by-number against them before publishing.