The cited article about Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State is very interesting reading. Benefits and costs have not been borne by the same entities or individuals. Currently some of the adversely affected groups (e.g., Native Americans and sport and commercial fishermen) are working toward reparations of past damages. The impacts on businesses and farms in the region could be immense. The World Bank has been a frequent supporter of these projects, but has been criticized for focusing on benefits while ignoring…
What was the short term significance of the Dam buster’s raid of 16th May 1943?…
Warragamba Dam is the primary reservoir of water supply for Sydney and the Blue Mountains as one of the largest domestic water supplies in the world. It is located 65 km west of Sydney CBD, as shown on the map. It was created by damming the Warragamba River after a population boom and a horrific drought in Australia after WW1. Building began in the late 1940s until it was completed in 1960. It took 1,800 workers and led to a town being built next to site, in order to house these workers.…
The American Indian tribe argues that a leak or spill could be ruinous. They say historical and cultural reviews of the land where the pipeline will be buried were inadequate. People also worry about catastrophic environmental damage if the pipeline were to break near where it crosses under the Missouri River.…
Finally, on April 6, 2016, a new agreement was made to decommission the four dams after the previous one hadn’t worked out. On the grounds of the Yurok Indian Reservation, the agreement was assigned by the Yurok Tribal Chair Thomas P. O’Rourke Sr., Karuk Tribal Chair Russell Attebery, Klamath Tribal Chair Don Gentry, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, the governors of Oregon and California, and the owner of the dams PacifiCorp. Steps were finally being enacted and it looks as if the dams will be dismantled and replaced by other natural power sources in the year…
I think the primary issue however is the one raised by environmental groups how hydraulic fracturing can lead to the contamination of massive amounts of the ground water. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency fracturing method needs between 2.3 million and 3.8 million gallons of water per well, the problem is that much of the fluid that is injected is either not recovered or is unfit to use again which is then disposed…
When the Elwha Dam was demolished it was the largest controlled sediment release in a dam removal project anywhere in the world. Because of the amount of sediment behind large dams like the Elwha, the demolition must be done gradually over time to ensure that there is not an overflow of sediment rushed down the river which could cause significant damage to the landscape and the organisms which inhabit it. At the time of the dam removal the Elwha was holding behind it 15,000,000 cubic yards of silt. Sediment buildup isn't the only thing that dams can change about the soil. Many geological occurrences have been blamed on dams.…
At the time of the Disaster, Stern's law firm (Arnold & Porter's) had decided to permit one partner each year to spend all his time on pro bono publico cases (public interest cases). The third year of the program it was Stern's turn.…
“Following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait , the US immediately developed its forces in the region.” “They launched an attack known as dessert storm.” We know that Saddam was an ally to the US in war between Iraq and Iran. And that was why this Dessert Storm viewed as a US attempt to control the oil supply in the region.…
After hurricane Katrina struck the city was destroyed. The residents of New Orleans had lost practically everything. Most of the devastation happened in the poorer parts of the city with a predominantly African American population. Everyone was angry with how little effort was put into the evacuation of the low income areas and many people who had…
During World War II in November 1939, U.S. officials found out that Hoover Dam was targeted by German agents to be bombed, by planting bombs at the intake towers to sabotage the manufacturing industry of Southern California. Private boats were prohibited in the Black Canyon, after authorities learned of the plot. Security measures such as physical barriers and increased lighting were put in place and stricter regulations for dam employees and visitors were enacted. For the duration of the war the dam was closed to visitors, following the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941. The Army provided personnel to help guard and protect the dam although the dam had its own police force. In order to evade aerial attacks, camouflaging the Hoover Dam…
“Another Impossible Huge Dam Built,” pokes fun at the Grand Coulee Dam, which at the time was the largest man-made structure in the world’s history. While it did not produce the amount of hydroelectric power needed by an entire hidden colony of giant Sasquatch ape-men, it did produce nearly 40 percent of the nation’s hydroelectric power and it created thousands of jobs for those in need. The Onion takes a sarcastic and humorous spin with what actually happened, the amount of giant dams built. The Grand Coulee was not the only damn built. There were many built that produced abundant cheap power and provided jobs for many Americans that needed them.…
The Great Depression, a world-wide crisis of economic loss and failures, more specifically in the United States. The time period started from the year 1930 to 1940 with Herbert Hoover as president. During this time, stock markets were crashing, businesses were closing as well as banks. Most of the American population were homeless, and people were starving and poor from unemployment. There was a need for sources like electricity as well as the need for jobs to change unemployment rates (Smiley, 2008).…
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation more than one in four of America's nearly 600,000 bridges need significant repairs or are burdened with more traffic than they were designed to carry. A third of the country’s major roadways are also in less than standard condition which data from the National Highway Safety Administration finds plays a factor in a third of more than 43,000 traffic fatalities. Along with the Association of State Dam Safety Officials finding that the number of dams that could fail has grown more that 134 percent since 1999 to 3,346 and more than 1,300 of those being “high-hazard” meaning their failure would threaten lives. When a council of 28 civil engineers evaluated 15…
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