Peri Reservoir () is a reservoir in the
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...
department of France, on the island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
. It supplies water for drinking and irrigation to the central section of the eastern plain of Corsica. In peak periods it also supplies water to the southern section.
Location
The Peri Reservoir is in the commune of
Canale-di-Verde to the north of the village of Calcinajole and the D17 road.
It is drained by the Ruisseau de Strallerone, a tributary of the
Alistro river.
Dam
The Barrage de Peri is an
embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...
that came into service in 1964.
It is high and long, with a crest elevation of .
It impounds of water.
The dam is operated by the ''Office d'Equipement Hydraulique de Corse''.
Reservoir
The reservoir covers and has a watershed of .
It has little biological interest.
Fish include
European eel
The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel. Their life history was a mystery for thousands of years, and mating in the wild has not yet been observed. The five stages of their development were originally thought to be differe ...
(''Anguilla anguilla'') and
common carp
The common carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), also known as European carp, Eurasian carp, or simply carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Ark ...
(''Cyprinus carpio'').
Fishing is allowed in most of the reservoir.
It is limited to angling or casting from the shore, fishing from a flat-bottomed boat (oar, scull or pedal), and float tube fishing under some conditions.
Irrigation system
The
Alesani Reservoir supplies water by gravity to the center section of the eastern plain of Corsica.
A DN 1200 pipe feeds a DN 900 pipe divided into a north and south branch.
The northern branch interconnects with the Casinca perimeter, which allows gravity feed to the
Golo irrigation system outside the intensive irrigation period.
The southern branch is used to feed the Peri Reservoir in winter, and is interconnected with the south sector of the eastern plain, where the Bravone booster is located.
The Peri reservoir has a pumping station that serves the high parts of the
Linguizzetta perimeter.
In 2017 the Corsican Assembly decided to replace the pumping station, which was 40 years old and becoming difficult to maintain, with a modern station.
The old station would remain operational while the new one was being built.
The new station would have separate units to pump water to the Linguizzetta perimeter and to the south section of the plain via the Bravone booster.
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Reservoirs of Haute-Corse