Environmental Impacts of Reservoirs
978-613-2-63684-3
6132636846
96
2010-10-23
34.00 €
eng
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The environmental impacts of reservoirs have come under renewed examination in recent years. Dams and the reservoirs can be used to generate hydroelectric power, increasing the water supply for irrigation, provide recreational opportunities and impropve certain aspects of the environment. However, adverse environmental and sociological impacts have also been identified during and after many reservoir constructions. Whether reservoir projects are ultimately beneficial or detrimental - to both the environment and surrounding human populations has been debated since the 1960s and probably long before that. In 1960 the construction of Llyn Celyn and the flooding of Capel Celyn provoked political uproar which continmues to this day. More recently, the construction of Three Gorges Dam and other similar projects throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America have generated considerable environmental and political debate. The damming of a river creates a reservoir upstream from the dam. The reservoir waters spill out into the surrounding environments, flooding the natural habitats that existed before the dam´s construction.
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