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toubab1020
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 Posted - 19 Jun 2014 : 23:14:09
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“The project will impact 186 households (1 320 persons) and 1,250 ha of land (of which 850 ha of cultivated land). The design involves the construction of a gravity dam and 4 turbines of 32 MW each."
I suggest that this TINY disruption to a VERY FEW HOUSEHOLDS is the project impact on those who are ABOVE the talked about dam that promises cheap electric power,bearing in mind that:
“It is located 930 km upstream from the mouth of the Gambia River and about 25km south of Kédougou."
The flow of water will be totally controlled by the country on whose territory the dam is built.
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/omvgs-sambangalou-project-what-you-need-to-know
These few points should be of great interest to The Gambia and the back to the land policy,crops and plants NEED FRESH WATER TO THRIVE .
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
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Posted - 20 Jun 2014 : 08:04:35
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This is good news and I hope that it will positively benefit all the countries involved in the OMVG. The project had been on the way for decades.
One of the feeding points of the OMVG regional power transmission will be in Brikama and another substation in Soma according to the project summary. |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Jun 2014 : 11:13:16
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I am pleased that you have this very important proposed project under constant review,you may be interested in the link below,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03783774/144
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 20 Jun 2014 : 14:24:43
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Toubab, what is it about. I am unable to see the link |
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toubab1020
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Momodou
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Posted - 20 Jun 2014 : 18:43:15
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| What is the link between the dam and the url? Sorry to border you but I don't get it. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Jun 2014 : 22:10:34
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EXPERTS READ THIS PLEASE,Am I WRONG.
OK,if you dam a river and create a mighty lake behind it and utilise the flow of water to generate electricity then you are in control of the fresh water that comes from rainfall from the rivers source.
At the mouth of the river where it joins the sea or ocean that water is salt water in which only specialised plants can survive, mangroves etc when the tides go in and out that salt water is changed,somewhere "up" river salt and fresh water coincide,further UP river the water is fresh enabling many many more crops and plants to thrive than in salt water,therefore any restriction in the flow of FRESH water created by a restriction placed upon the river by a dam must have an effect on the crops that can grow well by irrigation programmes abstracting FRESH water from the river.The quantity of which MAY be affected by the dam.
The words above reflect what I think
I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON ANYTHING ,I AM HAPPY TO BE CORRECTED BY THOSE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD.
This link is about The Nile:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/958/eg2.htm
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Originally posted by Momodou
What is the link between the dam and the url? Sorry to border you but I don't get it.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 20 Jun 2014 22:18:39 |
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New Dam in Senegal ?
