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... hydroelectricity varies consider- ably from one project to another . Dams with just over 123,000 megawatts of hydroelectric ca- pacity are currently under construction , and facilities that could add another 239,000 megawatts are in the ...
... hydroelectricity varies consider- ably from one project to another . Dams with just over 123,000 megawatts of hydroelectric ca- pacity are currently under construction , and facilities that could add another 239,000 megawatts are in the ...
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... hydroelectric schemes rarely even mention the pollution that will be caused by the industries a dam makes possible . Within the context of this study , we cannot examine all the ad- verse effects of industrial pollution . Setting aside ...
... hydroelectric schemes rarely even mention the pollution that will be caused by the industries a dam makes possible . Within the context of this study , we cannot examine all the ad- verse effects of industrial pollution . Setting aside ...
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... Hydro - Electric Commission ( HEC ) has been accused of being a state within a state . " For more than fifty years ... hydroelectric power without referring to other government departments . " It would seem that the Hydro - Electric ...
... Hydro - Electric Commission ( HEC ) has been accused of being a state within a state . " For more than fifty years ... hydroelectric power without referring to other government departments . " It would seem that the Hydro - Electric ...
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BEFORE THE FLOOD | 17 |
AFTER THE FLOOD | 51 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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