In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).

En 1953 tuvimos una catástrofe de enormes dimensiones gracias a la cual a la vez pudimos desempeñar un papel precursor en el terreno de la construcción de diques.
In 1953, we suffered an enormous flood at a time when we were able to play a pioneering role in terms of dam technology.

Se fijará una nueva fecha tan pronto como se apruebe este reglamento.
The date will be fixed as soon as the present regulation has been adopted.

Esto es bueno así y por esta razón lo hemos preferido también.

This is a good approach and that is why we have also supported it.