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Other Impacts

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Other Impacts

In this section, we will consider other impacts of dams.

  • Pollution
  • Fish Spawning and Migration
  • Diseases – A Tropical Malady
  • Earthquakes and Structural Failures
  • Politics and Control of Flow Across Borders
‹ Consequences of Release of Water up Pollution ›
Earth 111: Water: Science and Society

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Modules

  • Unit 1: Fresh Water: Scarcity or Surfeit?
  • Unit 2: Physical Hydrology
    • Module 3: Rivers and Watersheds
    • Module 4: Flood and Drought
    • Module 5: Dam it All!
      • Goals and Objectives
      • Introduction to Dams
      • Ponding the Waters: Impacts of Dams
        • Nutrient Supply to Floodplains
        • The Nile River and Aswan Dam
        • Sediment Trapping
        • Other Impacts
          • Pollution
          • Fish Spawning and Migration
          • Diseases – A Tropical Malady
          • Earthquakes and Structural Failures
          • Politics and Control of Flow Across Borders
        • Three Gorges: A “Mega-Dam” and Its Impacts
      • Bringing Down the Dams
      • The Future of Dams: Developing Nations
      • Summative Assessment: Dam Debate
    • Module 6: Groundwater Hydrology
    • Capstone Project Introduction
  • Unit 3: Social Science of Water

Authors: Michael Arthur and Demian Saffer Professors, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Patrick Belmont Assistant Professor, Utah State University.

Team Lead: Maureen Feineman, Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University. Learning Designer: April Millet, The Pennsylvania State University

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