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Negative Impacts of River Basin Management (Hoover Dam)
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11 NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF RBM (HOOVER DAM) • people moved of land as valley areas flooded leg. St Thomas under Lake Meade) 3·loss of burial sites + other Native American sites due to flooding. ECONOMIC ENVIROMENTAL •building dam • Increased population in cities due to water supply from dan. increased demand on services, traffic. congestion - air pollution. -· cost to build + maintain dam is burden to states that tended t • silting up of river reduces dam capacity • costs a lot to dredge river to maintain capacity ·loss sill downstream (happed by dam) means farmers. need to buy expensive fertiliser as no more nver. deposits to q 3 keep land fertile · loss of income to mexican tisherman as Colorado Delta dued up • salt content of water increased downstream due to high evap so $300 mil spent on building desalinisation plant • groundwater needs used in many areas as no areas as nd from dam - unsustainable enough water · dam caused many plants & animals lost.. as habitats destroyed by floading วววา
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