Kielder water case study
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- Created on: 13-05-17 18:51
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- Kielder water
- WHERE? Northumberland, river North Tyne.
- WHY? built because of water shortage due to increasing industries. such as steel building.
- a combo of flat land + little rainfall meant that the south east needed more water than they have available (high demand) = DEFICIT
- DEFICIT = when the population doesn't have nought water to meet the demands.
- a combo of flat land + little rainfall meant that the south east needed more water than they have available (high demand) = DEFICIT
- was it worth it?
- flood controls on the river north tyne provided HEP
- SOCIAL IMPACTS. some farmers were displaced because there land became flooded.
- ECONOMIC IMPACTS. waste of money / tourism has developed by 1/4 million visiting each year, creating leisure opportunities and jibs for locals which = income = economy boost / the HEP provided 1 million pounds worth of power each yeah
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: risk of speeding contamination form one basin to another / deforestation ( 1.5 million trees were cut down) valley became flooded / it destroyed habitats / the water levels remain high so no worry of a drought.
- Kielder Water is a SURPLUS = when a place has more water supplies than i needs.
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