Dam Case Studies (CS) - WATER CYCLE

Question 1

Dam case studies

Answer 1

• Hoover dam
• Morocco dam

Question 2

What are the key stats for Morocco dam?

Answer 2

• the al mussira reservoir reduced to little more than a pond
• dams only filling at rate of 27%
• supplies drinking water to several cities
• situation is critical
• the al massira dam is Morocco’s second largest
• all of North Africa have been hit
• no longer have access to potable running water and instead rely on private wells and public fountains
• 600 cubic meters of water annually per capita which is well under water scarcity as threshold 1,700 cubic meters
• difficult to monitor effectively
• government plans to build 20 seawater desalination plants
• agriculture largely suffering
• more than 80% of Morocco’s water supply allocated to agriculture
• younger generation appear gloomier

Question 3

What are they key stats for the hoover dam?

Answer 3

• chose black canyon as building site
• In 1947 named hover dam
• shaped like giant axe head
• tap water at Disneyland etc comes form Colorado river, lake mead, 300 miles away
• Colorado river is more than 1,400 miles long and supplies water to Los Angeles
• each of 17 generators can supply electricity to 10,000 households
• designed to prevent flooding and provide irrigation and hep power to dry regions like California