Environmental criteria/groups that hydroelectric power projects can face
What are the specific environmental criteria/groups (physical and biochemical) that have risk factors that hydroelectric power projects can face?
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Unfortunately, that is a very specific question and I do not have particular information on that area. What I can list is a set of topics that may be considered risk factors:
- Earthquake can deteriorate construction
- Excess rain may determine the need to discharge water from the dam and promote floods downstream
- Lack of rain may determine failure to supply water downstream at ecological levels
- High temperature and stagnant waters may develop hazardous bacteria or promote eutrophication
- Blocking the flow of water when it is contaminated, for example, by discharges from a chemical company, preventing contamination downstream (opportunity)
- Destroying or badly affecting traditional river fishing activities due to high variations in water level downstream within a 12 hour period
Do you get the pattern?
Events that may happen, but you cannot say when will it happen
Perhaps the last one is not a risk, there is no uncertainty, it is forecastable and the probability is far from zero.
Please check this information below with more detailed answers:
- ISO 14001 risks and opportunities vs. environmental aspects - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2016/03/21/how-does-product-life-cycle-influence-environmental-aspects-according-to-iso-140012015/
- ISO 14001 document template: Procedure for Identification and Evaluation of Environmental Aspects and Risks - https://advisera.com/14001academy/documentation/procedure-for-identification-and-evaluation-of-environmental-aspects/
- Enroll for free in this course – ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-lead-auditor-course/
- Book – The ISO 14001:2015 Companion - https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/
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Jan 15, 2021