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Optimizing the Dammed: Water Supply Losses and Fish Habitat Gains from Dam Removal in California

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Title Optimizing the Dammed: Water Supply Losses and Fish Habitat Gains from Dam Removal in California
Creator Null, Sarah E. Medellín-Azuara, Josué Escriva-Bou, Alvar Lent, Michelle Lund, Jay R.
Description Dams provide water supply, flood protection, and hydropower generation benefits, but also harm native species by altering the natural flow regime and degrading aquatic and riparian habitat. Restoring some rivers reaches to free-flowing conditions may restore substantial environmental benefits, but at some economic cost. This study uses a systems analysis approach to preliminarily evaluate removing rim dams in California's Central Valley to highlight promising habitat and unpromising economic...
Date 2014-03-03T08:00:00Z
Type text
Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1143 info:doi/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.024
Source Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications
Publisher Hosted by Utah State University Libraries
Contributor Elsevier BV
Subject Dam removal Hydropower Optimization Salmon Tradeoff Water supply

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