River Vyrnwy Water Transfer Case Study

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Where did this river supply water to?
Liverpool
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When was is constructed?
Started 1881 and finished 1888
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Environmental impacts
Valley was going to be flooded, sediment built up behind the dam
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Social impacts
2 chapels, 3 inns, 10 farmhouses and 37 houses were to be lost under the reservoir, a new village had to be built 3km from the original that was submerged
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Economic impacts
Costs of building and maintaining the dam were high
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