River Environments Case Studies
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Aswan Dam - River Nile
Water storage project; include construction, management and impacts
- 1950 water crisis in Egypt
- Started in 1960, by 1968 reservoir Lake Nasser was full
- 1976: Reservoir reached capacity
- Advantages: protection against flooding, famine, large reliable supply of water, electricity generated, pumps from wells, crops grown for export, food processing industries, jobs
- Disadvantages: water pollution by fertilisers, evaporation, silt deposits, shallow water spreads malaria
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