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... downstream con- flicts in Kenya . The capital , Nairobi , is growing very quickly . It takes its water from the Athi River and returns it again heavily polluted . " This constitutes a hazard to downstream users . Hydroelectric schemes ...
... downstream con- flicts in Kenya . The capital , Nairobi , is growing very quickly . It takes its water from the Athi River and returns it again heavily polluted . " This constitutes a hazard to downstream users . Hydroelectric schemes ...
Page 196
... downstream by operation of the dam than would be flooded around the reservoir ... The area around the reservoir , which becomes the flood storage area in the event of a flood , would remain populated with nearly half a million people to ...
... downstream by operation of the dam than would be flooded around the reservoir ... The area around the reservoir , which becomes the flood storage area in the event of a flood , would remain populated with nearly half a million people to ...
Page 197
... downstream property , as required by the design , versus allowing water levels in the reservoir to rise , and waiting until the last minute to open the gates while hoping that the flood would abate . If the flood did not abate and the ...
... downstream property , as required by the design , versus allowing water levels in the reservoir to rise , and waiting until the last minute to open the gates while hoping that the flood would abate . If the flood did not abate and the ...
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