Elwha: Roaring back to life (2016)

https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/elwha/

by sdrothrock • 8 years ago

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dang• 8 years ago

Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11095592

pinkgodzilla2• 8 years ago

Nice, I am a hydropower guy and its rare to see river / hydro related things on front page!

seanmcdirmid2• 8 years ago

This is about knocking dams down, not putting them up :).

Jesus_Jones• 8 years ago

It feels like a rare success. We managed to get an unneeded dam removed and we did it without endless fights in court and it seems to be working.

pinkgodzilla2• 8 years ago

Yes decommissioning is an integral part of the project and regulators and lenders mandate you to set aside funds for it before the first brick is even laid. Knocking them down is part of the project's economic and environmental risks evaluation. Projects can be rejected by regulators if there is no feasible way to run it or knock it down without irreversible damage to the natural environment or communities.

Elwha: Roaring back to life (2016)

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