Water- Spain Flashcards
1
Q
Dams- example
A
Contreras Dam
2
Q
Dams- advantages
A
Generates E, fishing, water source
3
Q
Disadvantages
A
Disturbs wildlife, expensive
4
Q
Desalination plant- example
A
Lanzarote
5
Q
Desalination plant- advantages
A
Designed to be able to expand, produces 24000m^3/d
6
Q
Desalination plant- disadvantages
A
Costly, equipped tomproduce 18000m^3/d but does 24000 so it is exhausted
7
Q
Water transfer- example
A
Tajo-Segura
8
Q
Water transfer- advantages
A
Solve water shortage problems, helps dryer areas around Segura
9
Q
Water transfer- disadvantages
A
Expensive, disturbs wildlife, Tajo suffers and Segura gets onl6 benefits
