(DOWNLOAD) "How to Fix Our Dam Problems: Thousands of Aging Dams Should Be Repaired Or Destroyed, At a Cost of Billions. A Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Speed The Process and Help Pay the Bills." by Issues in Science and Technology * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

How to Fix Our Dam Problems: Thousands of Aging Dams Should Be Repaired Or Destroyed, At a Cost of Billions. A Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Speed The Process and Help Pay the Bills.

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Title: How to Fix Our Dam Problems: Thousands of Aging Dams Should Be Repaired Or Destroyed, At a Cost of Billions. A Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Speed The Process and Help Pay the Bills.
Author : Issues in Science and Technology
Release Date : January 22, 2007
Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 399 KB

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California is the world's eighth largest economy and generates 13% of U.S. wealth. Yet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says high temperatures, low rainfall, and a growing population have created a water crisis there. A third of the state is in extreme drought and, if there's another dry season, faces catastrophe. The governor fears that his economy could collapse without a $5.9 billion program to build more dams. His concerns are widely shared in the United States--not to mention in dry Australia, Spain, China, and India. Yet as California desperately seeks new dam construction, it simultaneously leads the world in old dam destruction. It razes old dams for the same reasons it raises new dams: economic security, public safety, water storage efficiency, flood management, job creation, recreation, and adaptation to climate change. Dam-removal supporters include water districts, golf courses, energy suppliers, thirsty cities, engineers, farmers, and property owners.