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Mind Map by scarlettrosiex, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by scarlettrosiex
almost 10 years ago
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Case Study- Colorado River and Hoover Dam
- General
- Supplies water for 30 million people.
- Supplies power for 1.3 million.
- Dead pool- this causes the water to not be able
to pass through the turbines to generate power.
- Supplies water for 30 million people.
- Drawbacks
- There are serious health and safety issues like
lead contamination and overexposure to chromium.
- The cost of it came to $750 million.
- Water levels will decline 20-25% in a century.
- 112 deaths since the construction.
- Precipitation decline and more people
will make water management harder.
- Fish are becoming endangered.
- There are terrorist threats.
- It disrupts the natural ecosystem
- There are serious health and safety issues like
lead contamination and overexposure to chromium.
- Benefits
- The dam created employment for 15,000.
- Restored national pride.
- Biggest source of electrical power in the USA.
- Generates a consistent water supply.
- The dam created employment for 15,000.
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