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    water bodies and built structures. From the macro environmental impact point of view‚ such change will reduce the capacity of the area as a carbon sink. Man-made structures (dams and ancillary structures) will also permanently change the visual setting of the area with the consequential impacts on natural aesthetics. This dam in particular‚ is relatively huge and will in a significant way intrude into the natural setting of the area. As a consequence of the various development components‚ the existing

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    Group 8 Dispersive Soils

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    Tshwane University of Technology Department of Environmental Sciences Engineering Geology Group 8 Assignment: Dispersive Soils Group Members: 1. Elsie Phelane 2. Keeme Sephikwe 3. Lawrance Mabasa 4. Lethlogonolo kotsedi DISPERSIVE SOILS INTRODUCTION Dispersive soils are associated with residual granites‚ granodiorites‚ mudstone and sandstone as well as fine-grained transported soils such as alluvium deposits. Dispersitivity is found in clay‚ silty and sandy soil. Dispersible soils tend

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    advancements in the irrigation system are the perennial canals and tube wells. Pakistan is basically a dry country with the River Indus and its tributaries being the main source of water supply. Dams both large and small and barrages have been built on the Indus and its tributaries. Large dams such as Tarbela Dam and Mangla Dam are multipurpose plans which not only store water‚ irrigate lands but also generate hydro electricity.

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    Jovanni Diaz Coursework Ploude 6 The Hoover Dam and its Irrigation effects on Yuma County. Yuma was significantly impacted by the input of irrigation systems. It helps with our farms and with watering our yards everyday. We have many sources of water in Yuma since we built the Dam. It had a huge impact on Yuma. It helped Yuma economic wise Irrigation changed Yuma in many ways it changed wildlife and how it would be in the future. Irrigation made Yuma become the #1 lettuce growing place in the whole

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    Day 1 WORK DONE: Since it was the first day of the field work during the rural camp‚ the team decided to start off by understanding the village of Jamak through the first tool of transect walk. The work done on day 1 is briefly described as under: Transect walk: It was done with two informants of the village‚ Mr. Gajender Singh and Mr. Dheeraj Rohtela who gave the team a brief introduction of Jamak Village. They informed that the village is spread over an area of about 10 kilometres and encompasses

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    and of some few fail. The one which fail cost damage to property and human life. In my view the first worse case is the buffalo creek disaster. This disaster is an accident or tragedy it’s hard to figure out. On the morning of 26 February 1972 the dam that had been build failed. Although the official was warned about the consequences and dangers of floods‚ but the residents were not informed. This led to a huge loss. There slightest communication gap with the people cost them their lives. 130 million

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    flooding. When it rains‚ the water runs down the slope to a river. But if it is raining very hard it could lead to mudslides‚ and flooding of the river. Which brings me into possible solutions to these complications. One solution could be to build dams to hold back the floodwaters. Another solution would be straightening rivers to increase the speed of the river to remove water from affected areas. Levees and embankments can prevent rivers from overflowing by increasing the height of the riverbanks

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    girl’s body should be retrieved using the portable dam through a temporary exception to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The girl’s body should be retrieved then the Tamassee placed back to pristine and preserved status. The river needs to stay free of commercialization and degradation of its natural beauty but sympathy must be given to the Kowalsky family in that the daughter cannot be forgotten. The best available option easily seems to be the portable dam‚ granted there are strict rules used to ensure

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    economic development. In the undivided Bombay province a proposal was put forth by the government to build dams across the rivers Lokmata and Sadmata in the northern part of Gujarat. The dams were to have a capacity of 4700 million cu. ft. of water and facilitate irrigation of 92000 acres of land in 3 districts. The control levels of dams were as mentioned in exhibit 1.However construction of the dams would result in submerging of 10500 acres of land belonging to some 20 villages. Therefore the government

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    River as Bridge

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    The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows

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