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Many of the 50,000 Tonga tribesmen dislocated by the Kariba Dam caught
influenza as they queued up for relief supplies."42 Moreover, unless sanitation is
satisfactory, the local water supply quickly becomes contaminated with human
feces, ...
Many of the 50,000 Tonga tribesmen dislocated by the Kariba Dam caught
influenza as they queued up for relief supplies."42 Moreover, unless sanitation is
satisfactory, the local water supply quickly becomes contaminated with human
feces, ...
Page 279
It provides far more water but only at the cost of depleting supplies in the long
term. To achieve a short-term supply of water is, of course, very easy. "If water
can ... natural recharge, a water supply can certainly be increased for a period of
time.
It provides far more water but only at the cost of depleting supplies in the long
term. To achieve a short-term supply of water is, of course, very easy. "If water
can ... natural recharge, a water supply can certainly be increased for a period of
time.
Page 323
12 That eminently ecological view of water supplies was not to the liking of
Powell's contemporaries. Indeed, as the historian Henry Nash Smith observes,
Powell "was asking a great deal; he was suggesting that the West should submit
to ...
12 That eminently ecological view of water supplies was not to the liking of
Powell's contemporaries. Indeed, as the historian Henry Nash Smith observes,
Powell "was asking a great deal; he was suggesting that the West should submit
to ...
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Contents
BEFORE THE FLOOD | 17 |
AFTER THE FLOOD | 51 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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| Title | The social and environmental effects of large dams, Volume 2 |
| Authors | Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard |
| Contributor | Nicholas Hildyard |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Sierra Club Books, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0871568489, 9780871568489 |
| Length | 404 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / General Dams Dams - Environmental aspects Dams - Social aspects Dams/ Environmental aspects Dams/ Social aspects Irrigation Irrigation - History Irrigation/ History Nature / Natural Resources Technology & Engineering / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs Technology & Engineering / Hydraulics |
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