Dams
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water …
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ASF: Atlantic Salmon Federation · 22 March 2024 English
The effort to get to the cusp of eradicating smallmouth bass on the Miramichi would be impressive without the added pressures of planning and executing during Covid and although disappointing, …
fishway engineering and design plans at two small dams on Eskutassis Stream, a tributary to the Passadumkeag … the Endangered Species Act (ESA) at four of their dams on the Kennebec River. Subsequently, ASF and the … injunction to stop or curtail operations at the four dams during autumn and spring downstream migration periods … proposed Species Protection Plans (SPPs) for the dams. The International and Government Affairs report …
Fraser Institute · 14 March 2024 English
total generation) to 95.1 terawatt hours (15.3%). This would require the construction of ten new mega dams, comparable to BC’s Site C, on Canadian rivers or thirteen new average-sized gas plants. Based on …
y requires the equivalent of 10 new mega hydro dams or 13 large natural gas plants nationwide within … requiring the equivalent of 10 new mega hydro dams or 13 large natural gas plants to meet the increased … capabilities, and adding the equivalent of 10 new mega dams or 13 new gas plants in such a short timeline isn’t … fully electric, it will require 10 new mega hydro dams (capable of producing 1,100 megawatts) nationwide …
Fraser Institute · 14 March 2024 English
total generation) to 95.1 terawatt hours (15.3%). This would require the construction of ten new mega dams, comparable to BC’s Site C, on Canadian rivers or thirteen new average-sized gas plants. Based on …
necessary to construct additional hydroelectric dams, invest in nuclear power plants, or build biomass …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 11 March 2024 English
CA Introduction Ready to explore and educate your students variety of engaging activities to learn about about nearby wetlands, lakes, streams, ponds, aquatic invasive species, their impacts, and and other …
canadensis • I am an ‘ecosystem engineer’. I build dams that create ponds and wetlands, increasing biodiversity … me a nuisance because I chew down trees and make dams, creating water bodies in places where people might …
Columbia Basin Trust · 6 March 2024 English
We will listen and seek to understand the voices of First Nations and Métis • Being accountable to Basin residents, Peoples in the Basin so that their and to the …
greater ColumRevelstoke bia Columbia River Treaty Dams Rivers self-sufficiency for present Direction of …
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Canada · 29 February 2024 English
We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Co-operators The …
stabilize a drinking water reservoir dam and spillway. Dams that were designed to be stable for historic climate …
BCCAT: BC Council on Admissions and Transfer · 26 February 2024 English
Concerns noted from all programs with the lack of communication and continuity with programs and the BCDHA. [...] The articulation group/Chair needs to be told of the dates and times …
are using alginate and vinyl sheets. ff. Dental dams for whitening (liquid?) i. Discussion on the DH …
Action Canada · 19 February 2024 English
IMPROVING THE INTERCOMMUNITY MOBILITY OF FIRST NATION PEOPLES IN CANADA: A Response to Call for Justice 4.8 The report is dedicated to the countless families and kin of Missing and …
significant reliance on hydroelectricity. Hydroelectric dams are disproportionately located in close proximity … many Canadians do not feel the effects of these dams, the FNIM communities who live close to them do … just one example of many effects that hydroelectric dams have on FNIM peoples.23 Furthermore, hydroelectric …
Clean Energy Canada · 16 February 2024
of updated and public information concerning the Clean Energy Canada / Modernizing energy sector planning and oversight for a net-zero world 3 Regulatory frameworks lack the flexibility The modernization of …
achieve the objectives and deliver on such as hydro dams and transmission lines through the actions assigned …
Wilson Center Canada · 7 February 2024 English
The devastating predict the possible climate impacts to come, the floods in Saudi Arabia1 and Libya2, the wildfires3 severity, frequency6 and scale of these events raging across food-trapped Syria’s agricultural …
grassroots, bottom-up activism verity of weather caused dams in Derna, Libya that is necessary to build effective … leading to catastrophic flooding. Why? resilience.”27 Dams in this region which were built between Localizing … N., & Paddison, L. (2023, September 15). Aging dams and missed warnings: A lethal mix of factors caused …
