Dam

Conclusion Due to the complexity of the Three Gorges Dam project it is difficult to forecast the exact date of completion. So far 15 years seem to be enough but the whole project relies on many differ-ent factors but external effects can hardly be predicted. The resettlement of the people living in the area…

The op-ed piece from the New York Times, “Tear Down Deadbeat Dams” by Yvon Chouinard, and the Outsiders magazine article “Blow Up” by Bruce Barcott both argue that the construction of dams has been extremely harmful to the natural world. Even though they are similar in idea and argument, the ways they communicate their message differ. I will analyze: FINISH “Blow Up” is structured very much like a story in that Barcott gives the reader a sequence of events; we dammed and we dammed and we dammed…

Sandouping, one would find the Three Gorges Dam—the largest, and possibly the most infamous, dam in the world. Even though the Chinese government had intentions of using the dam to control flooding and generate power, the Three Gorges Dam has proven itself to be an environmental catastrophe for the Chinese. Even before the Three Gorges Dam was built, the Yangtze River was still considered to be a “polluted river.” However, the construction of the dam worsened the issue to far more serious…

those fish will have to be transported across the dam. A disadvantage to transporting them across the dam is that it could mean the salmon are being delayed from spawning up river. An additional disadvantage of the salmon ladders is that it doesn’t help juvenile’s, so they have to go through the process of going through churning turbines or they have to go through the spillway gates on the dams. The gates can be a really big drop, like on the Detroit dam in Oregon. There is also the disadvantage…

If you are asked to describe Africa or South America, what is the first word out of your mind? Is it “wild”, “developing”, “underdeveloped” and “poor”? If your answers are these stereotypes, I bet you do not know much about these places. In fact, before I took the feminism class, these words had been rooted in my mind so deeply that I can hardly ever find an aspect to appreciate these places. However, that class not only erased these stereotypes from my mind, but also had changed my…

Waste can not simply be thrown away anymore into a repulsive dump or burned away into the air to contribute to pollution, it must be managed! 4.3 lb. of trash is created per person in the U.S., according to futurecity.org. Many processes used to get rid of trash is to either burn them, dump them in landfills, or ship them somewhere else. If this continues, these ways will contribute to polluting the water, air, and soil. Soon, it will be high-priced and time consuming to clean up all of the…

History of Dams, Locks and Levees The conception of dams, locks and levees. Water is an essential resource which life depends on. Civilizations in the past have evolved to exist around water as it provides a source of food, transportation, and trade. However, people realized that they were unable to extract the potential that water as a resource had. Thus, in order to harness energy of water, to use it as means of transportation and to utilize hoard of other benefits of a resource like water and…

highways, bridges, buildings, water plants, power plants, and most importantly dams. These dilapidations are predicted to increase as climate change continues to worsen; fixing the damage will cost an enormous amount of money. Severe hurricanes and tropical storms will result in destruction that most of today’s infrastructure cannot handle since many infrastructure systems are outdated. Adverse effects of impaired dams include: contamination, medical deficits, and major damages to cities. In…

A series of make shift dams and flumes are in place on the Blackstone River as it heads towards Blackstone Harbour from Crane used to control the log jams and to get the lumber up to Parry Sound. Also the river between Crane and Blackstone already had its first of several dams placed midway on its length. The Conger Lumber Co. operates throughout the area as the century headed towards its end. Other private interest companies such as Rankin Bros. subcontracting with Conger Lumber and later the…

different species. Today however, as cause from human development, there has been a major negative impact on the health of these cherished waterways. A large number of rivers and streams have lost prized game fish such as salmon and steelhead because of dams. Many other streams are also now suffering from pollution, spread of invasive species, and unnatural flow rates. The ecosystem inside of a stream is extremely fragile…