— Investing in the Human Factor 28th Annual USSD Conference Portland‚ Oregon‚ April 28 - May 2‚ 2008 Hosted by Portland General Electric On the Cover Portland General Electric’s North Fork Dam‚ on the Clackamas River southeast of Portland‚ is a thin‚ variable-radius concrete arch dam with a maximum height of 207 feet and a thickness varying from 32 feet at the base to 8 feet at the crest. The spillway is a 200-foot-long gated ogee-type structure with a 250-foot-long reinforced concrete
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The Hoover Dam‚ a tremendous barrier holding up the powerful Colorado River‚ was built during the Great Depression. This project gave an average of 21‚000 people a job around the United States‚ hiring six companies. Construction on the Hoover Dam started April 20‚ 1931 and ended March 1‚ 1936; two years ahead of schedule. This was the world’s largest dam at the time; capable of holding 9 trillion gallons of water‚ weighing close to 6.6 million tons requiring 3‚250‚000 cubic yards of concrete as well
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Sand Dams in Kenya WHAT IS A SAND DAM? A Sand Dam is a steel reinforced concrete wall built across a sandy riverbed. During rainy seasons‚ a seasonal river forms and carries soil (consisting of sand and silt) which moves downstream. The heavy sand builds up behind the dam‚ whereas lighter sand and silt washes over the wall of the dam. Within the space of one to four rainy seasons‚ these dam types get completely filled with sand. However‚ approximately 40% of the volume held behind the dam is
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Hoover Dam Zafrany yehonatan Civil engineering 066457425 Zvi Cohen Adv. 2 Friday class Introduction The Hoover Dam is located in the heart of the desert in Nevada‚ USA. It was built in 1931 after the period of Economic Depression. During that period‚ the dam was a true pioneer in its construction process‚ working methods and innovative methods which are used until today. Its construction at the end of Lake MEAD encouraged tourism‚ thus placing the state of Nevada on
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into account that it expects to become one of the new world powers‚ along with China. In order to find these resources‚ inappropriate means are many times taken‚ means that are harmful for the correct sustenance of the nature. This is the case of the Belo Monte dam‚ and many other similar projects as well‚ that are developed along the Amazon (essential zone for the survival of the Earth) and in many other places of South America and the world. Economic progress must not‚ under any circumstance‚ go
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To what extent is ‘The Three Gorges Dam’ a Sustainable way of Generating Electricity The Three Gorges Dam‚ located in central China‚ is one of most ambitious projects in terms of construction. It also has the largest capacity of reservoir that can generate twenty two thousand‚ five hundred megawatts of electricity per an hour with an efficiency rate of ninety four percent (International). There are thirty two main turbines‚ each producing seven hundred megawatts of electricity per hour‚ with two
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Name: LE VAN HUNG The three Gorges Dam 1. What stakeholders have been helped by the Three Gorges Dam? What stakeholders have been hurt by it? The Three Gorges Dam provided electricity for the stakeholders‚ it was very important for the developing of china’s economic‚ where the demand for electricity was increase and increase rapidly. It also controlled the water at the safe level. Thus‚ it could reduce the flood. Furthermore‚ Hydroelectric was a safe energy for the environment‚ it
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THE SARDAR SAROVAR DAM The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam‚ Gujarat in India. It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley Project‚ a large hydraulic engineering project involving the construction of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams on the Narmada River. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. One of the 30 dams planned on river Narmada‚ Sardar
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Local and migrating organisms affected by the dam: The creation of the Three Gorges Dam has lead to the endangerment and extinction of many plant and animals. The Three Gorges region is considered a biodiversity hotspot. It is home to over 6‚400 plant species‚ 3‚400 insect species‚ 300 fish species‚ and more than 500 terrestrial vertebrate species. The disruption of the river’s natural flow dynamics due to blockage will affect the migratory paths of fish. Due to the increase of ocean vessels in
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Polavaram Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project which has been accorded national project status by the central government.[1] This dam across the Godavari River is under construction. It is located in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh state of India. PURPOSE National River-Linking Project‚ which works under the aegis of the Indian Ministry of Water Resources‚ was designed to overcome the deficit in water in the country. As a part of this plan‚ surplus water from the Himalayanrivers
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