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Hoover dam - U.S.A |
Colorado river Opened in 1936 Cost $49 million Created lake mead - 180km reservoir Supplies water to 8 million people Lake is runniny out of water 2020 - could fall below useable levels |
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Sahel |
Climate has natural wet and dry seasons Cyclical droughts Rainfall is high intensity 2006 - torrential rain affected 1000s people Past 3 decades - chronic food and water shortages |
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Dhaka - Bangladesh |
Slum community No safe water / toilets Help from organisation - prodiplan 6 deep tube wells People are no longer continually ill People run facilities themselves Project helped move people out of poverty |
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Three Gorges Dam |
$26 billion Completed in 2012 175m concrete dam Reservoir 600km long 34 hydro electric generators 632km2 of land inundated 1.3 people relocated |