{"id":704,"date":"2016-12-14T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/dam-watch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:01:19","slug":"dam-watch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/dam-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-dj32w0-d39bfa98e1859edd594237643c3a5512\">\n.flex_column.av-dj32w0-d39bfa98e1859edd594237643c3a5512{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-dj32w0-d39bfa98e1859edd594237643c3a5512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-cvzfug-19539c1949dc4d2fbe08913aa91e0a1f hr-default  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cla35s-76786a7155e35ccf2d1d5f6c284f2e97\">\n#top .flex_column.av-cla35s-76786a7155e35ccf2d1d5f6c284f2e97{\nmargin-top:-5px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-cla35s-76786a7155e35ccf2d1d5f6c284f2e97{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-cla35s-76786a7155e35ccf2d1d5f6c284f2e97{\nmargin-top:-5px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cla35s-76786a7155e35ccf2d1d5f6c284f2e97 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first no_margin flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-d161fs-051798bee7f8b132c9c5f095933d8b4a\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-d161fs-051798bee7f8b132c9c5f095933d8b4a .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#3a4d5c;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-d161fs-051798bee7f8b132c9c5f095933d8b4a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>Large dams\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>Pout\u00e8s<\/strong> dam in France on the Wild Salmon <strong>River Allier<\/strong> (Loire tributary) : partial removal<\/li>\n<li>largest removal in Europe of two large dams on the <strong>S\u00e9lune<\/strong> River (Normandy\/France).<\/li>\n<li>the large <strong>Mesochora<\/strong> dam in Greece (Acheloos River), never been flooded&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Vogelgr\u00fcn<\/strong> dam on the <strong>Rhine River<\/strong> (transborder France\/Germany) blocking salmon.<\/li>\n<li>the controversal <strong>Ilisu<\/strong> dam \u00a0(<strong>Tigris<\/strong>, Turkey) overflowed a UNESCO site : unfortunately, constructed<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Alqueva<\/strong> dam in Portugal (<strong>Guadiana<\/strong> River) the largest dam reservoire (surface) in Europe : unfortunately, constructed<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Yacyreta<\/strong> Dam in Argentina (<strong>Parana<\/strong>) the corruption and scandal (Worldbank droped out): unfortunately, constructed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cfb1nc-5faf9f7907a5aef15208df72d2debc50\">\n#top .flex_column.av-cfb1nc-5faf9f7907a5aef15208df72d2debc50{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-cfb1nc-5faf9f7907a5aef15208df72d2debc50{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-cfb1nc-5faf9f7907a5aef15208df72d2debc50{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cfb1nc-5faf9f7907a5aef15208df72d2debc50 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_heading  no_margin flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mbjjdkqp-c7aa3dbe3a13424cbbe9f074b4459c2f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mbjjdkqp-c7aa3dbe3a13424cbbe9f074b4459c2f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\ncolor:#3a4d5c;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mbjjdkqp-c7aa3dbe3a13424cbbe9f074b4459c2f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>Small and micro-hydro projects\n<ul>\n<li>the micro-hydropower plant project in <strong>Chanteuges,<\/strong> France, Desges river : low production of energy &#8211; high impact on nature<\/li>\n<li>the equipment of the existing dam of <strong>Vichy<\/strong>, on the <strong>Allier<\/strong> river in France<\/li>\n<li>the equipment of the existing dam of <strong>Descartes<\/strong>, on the river <strong>Creuse<\/strong>, France<\/li>\n<li>the project of a micro power station at <strong>Ebreuil<\/strong> on the <strong>Sioule<\/strong>, a tributary of the Allier, France<\/li>\n<li>A power station on the Auze, Loire basin, France<\/li>\n<li>The multiplication of power plants on the Alagnon basin, a salmon river, Loire Basin, France<\/li>\n<li>The example of the Petit Tabuc, one of the threatened alpine rivers, France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cbz9x4-d7129d74070920ca1dec734ac9baaf47\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-cbz9x4-d7129d74070920ca1dec734ac9baaf47{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-cbz9x4-d7129d74070920ca1dec734ac9baaf47 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-cbz9x4-d7129d74070920ca1dec734ac9baaf47 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-cbz9x4-d7129d74070920ca1dec734ac9baaf47 av-special-heading-h4 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_codeblock '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Dam Watch location<\/h4><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bwbt74-deb84c35015e3d6677b34aa72f478b2b\">\n.avia-section.av-bwbt74-deb84c35015e3d6677b34aa72f478b2b{\nbackground-color:rgba(3,142,170,0.3);\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section 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data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8uqb4-beb0ca3c21c8c297e270fbeb1af6c970\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-8uqb4-beb0ca3c21c8c297e270fbeb1af6c970{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-8uqb4-beb0ca3c21c8c297e270fbeb1af6c970 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-8uqb4-beb0ca3c21c8c297e270fbeb1af6c970 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-8uqb4-beb0ca3c21c8c297e270fbeb1af6c970 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pout\u00e8s Dam<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Upper Allier River in France (Loire tributary), France<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bcvau0-2ad3813e4bb99aa8f697320885b182bf\">\n#top .flex_column.av-bcvau0-2ad3813e4bb99aa8f697320885b182bf{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-bcvau0-2ad3813e4bb99aa8f697320885b182bf{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-bcvau0-2ad3813e4bb99aa8f697320885b182bf{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-bcvau0-2ad3813e4bb99aa8f697320885b182bf av_one_third  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-14dtqg-a6e3fc1a9a91a009eafb5da13c6d0485 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A partial removal is planned. The dam\u2019s height will be reduced from 18m to 7 m.<\/p>\n<p>The new dam will be equipped with fully removable gates, a large fishpass and a device to sustain downstream migration. (Salmon). The New Pout\u00e8s was inaugurated in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>We highlight this case due to its technical innovation and the exemplary social engineering (collective intelligence) which has replaced a 20 year-long open conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_button '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-9kcq6g-423a90dff59dde7ab2dff7476fde6c1d-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='http:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/poutes-barrage\/'  class='avia-button av-9kcq6g-423a90dff59dde7ab2dff7476fde6c1d avia-icon_select-no 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1500w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/12\/Poutes-20210930_DJI_0245-lowres-plus-claire-cr-ERN-SOS-LV-Roberto-Epple-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/12\/Poutes-20210930_DJI_0245-lowres-plus-claire-cr-ERN-SOS-LV-Roberto-Epple-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/12\/Poutes-20210930_DJI_0245-lowres-plus-claire-cr-ERN-SOS-LV-Roberto-Epple-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/12\/Poutes-20210930_DJI_0245-lowres-plus-claire-cr-ERN-SOS-LV-Roberto-Epple-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-a71pg0-03aab50f55d24b3daa689fe75b89381a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>New Pout\u00e8s Dam, 2022<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-9dssco-7bba170d9f4f8e36a1ce59e2da5b61b3 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-704'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-989lts-2601ab55325ed36da7a788d8c22662f5\">\n.flex_column.av-989lts-2601ab55325ed36da7a788d8c22662f5{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-989lts-2601ab55325ed36da7a788d8c22662f5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-23  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-oemo-da571de18c754b2f6c769d21aacd61c2\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-oemo-da571de18c754b2f6c769d21aacd61c2{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-oemo-da571de18c754b2f6c769d21aacd61c2 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-oemo-da571de18c754b2f6c769d21aacd61c2 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-oemo-da571de18c754b2f6c769d21aacd61c2 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-24  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >V\u00e9zins and La-Roche-qui-Boit Dams<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>S\u00e9lune river, Normandy, France.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8vwyvs-0a8f6d926993bae56bd2ed8f34fc0ca4\">\n#top .flex_column.av-8vwyvs-0a8f6d926993bae56bd2ed8f34fc0ca4{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-8vwyvs-0a8f6d926993bae56bd2ed8f34fc0ca4{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-8vwyvs-0a8f6d926993bae56bd2ed8f34fc0ca4{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8vwyvs-0a8f6d926993bae56bd2ed8f34fc0ca4 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-8mg74w-32f98a23bd14bdc89c034acdafc979c6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>After a long campaign by Fishers and environnemental NGO&#8217;s the french government decide to remove\u00a0two large dams 36m (12,6 MW\/20 GWH) and 15m high respectively (1,6 MW\/ 4,7 MWH) on the S\u00e9lune River (Normandy).<\/p>\n<p>The official decision dams meets local opposition.\u00a0 The work took place between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>These cases are interesting due to importance of the removal, the impact on salmon migration and the existence of polluted sediments in the V\u00e9zins dam reservoir and that both sites, blocking Salmon and Eel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969 hr-invisible  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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/barrage_Vezins_cc_Eau_Rivieres_Bretagne.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/barrage_Vezins_cc_Eau_Rivieres_Bretagne-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-84sjnc-520f05b969f4dca091be3c58a60ff5ea '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>V\u00e9zins dam, 36m hight <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 Eaux et Rivi\u00e8res de Bretagne<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8352g0-a1e2ca09ef6e3ddb658613ab8b7cdb59\">\n#top 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\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-7rk4ew-bae85d9ce62d3401401a0ae14d79fdcb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>La Roche-qui-Boit dam, 16m hight<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN France, Roberto Epple<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6xk2gw-55dc4c75a7c43a1f2ab79ee6ab5c8b23\">\n.avia-section.av-6xk2gw-55dc4c75a7c43a1f2ab79ee6ab5c8b23{\nbackground-color:rgba(3,142,170,0.3);\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-6xk2gw-55dc4c75a7c43a1f2ab79ee6ab5c8b23 main_color avia-section-default avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-704'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6qpo3k-4f0fe88542c5ba47ca758061594f3b47\">\n.flex_column.av-6qpo3k-4f0fe88542c5ba47ca758061594f3b47{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6qpo3k-4f0fe88542c5ba47ca758061594f3b47 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-36  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-nf7hc-03138ecec853408474d36a09425a1f97\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-nf7hc-03138ecec853408474d36a09425a1f97{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-nf7hc-03138ecec853408474d36a09425a1f97 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-nf7hc-03138ecec853408474d36a09425a1f97 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-nf7hc-03138ecec853408474d36a09425a1f97 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-37  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Mesochora Dam<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Acheloos river, Greece.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6ba5n4-731e045775316e57bd977d28e6c88ecb\">\n#top .flex_column.av-6ba5n4-731e045775316e57bd977d28e6c88ecb{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-6ba5n4-731e045775316e57bd977d28e6c88ecb{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-6ba5n4-731e045775316e57bd977d28e6c88ecb{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6ba5n4-731e045775316e57bd977d28e6c88ecb av_one_third  avia-builder-el-38  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-662oew-83a5f0630ebcb586f3055f70fe82050e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This 150m high dam was completed in 1997 but the reservoir has never been flooded because of massive opposition from a large citizens\u2019 movement and non-conformance with the Greek constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-40  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_button '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-5t1h7k-5702c6de67dee66721a897d6f320b4b8-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='http:\/\/rivernet.org\/greece\/acheloos_basin\/mesochora_f.htm' class='avia-button av-5t1h7k-5702c6de67dee66721a897d6f320b4b8 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >More infos on this dam on our old Website (in french only)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5lln8g-1a5ddb66d12e76eb2238de5a4116ea8b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5lln8g-1a5ddb66d12e76eb2238de5a4116ea8b av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-43  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-450x300.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-695 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-695 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France.jpg\" alt='' title='mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France'  height=\"600\" width=\"900\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/mesochora_dam_cc_ERN_France-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-5ee00g-76965de58b091baf85d373be6812bc87 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mesochora dam<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN France, Roberto Epple, 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-iznnk-f1533f773c565c82a6e61f9e913d69b5\">\n#top .flex_column.av-iznnk-f1533f773c565c82a6e61f9e913d69b5{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-iznnk-f1533f773c565c82a6e61f9e913d69b5{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 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itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France-450x300.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-696 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-696 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France.jpg\" alt='' title='acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France'  height=\"433\" width=\"650\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/acheloos_river_cc_ERN_France-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-4u84u8-a2ca0df672da748d8a9798598dc4998a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Acheloos river<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN France, Roberto Epple, 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-4qsukg-fe2ef444a1f40a1d09014bc5e770d11b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  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.av-special-heading.av-4f6tyg-9c58968e522af069ee7460c02ff4f374{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-4f6tyg-9c58968e522af069ee7460c02ff4f374 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-4f6tyg-9c58968e522af069ee7460c02ff4f374 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-4f6tyg-9c58968e522af069ee7460c02ff4f374 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-50  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Vogelgr\u00fcn Dam<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Rhine river, France and Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-45j4zc-ac28f09657ebbc8fcb5c16a50c568145\">\n#top .flex_column.av-45j4zc-ac28f09657ebbc8fcb5c16a50c568145{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-45j4zc-ac28f09657ebbc8fcb5c16a50c568145{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-45j4zc-ac28f09657ebbc8fcb5c16a50c568145{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-45j4zc-ac28f09657ebbc8fcb5c16a50c568145 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-51  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-422o9s-0582f145c40715734b75b480584b59e4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This dam is not equipped with a fish ladder and is therefore currently completely blocking migrating fish.<\/p>\n<p>This complex dam configuration needs a very innovative solution. Two solutions are now under study. Work should be done before 2030.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5zu8xs-c81295b900b5ef716deb655fa8e107a5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5zu8xs-c81295b900b5ef716deb655fa8e107a5{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5zu8xs-c81295b900b5ef716deb655fa8e107a5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-53  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_button '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-mbjk9hy8-3179778cb40e133e337161c9fba6c810-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-54  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/salmoncomeback.org\/make-the-vogelgrun-kembs-section-passable\/'  class='avia-button av-mbjk9hy8-3179778cb40e133e337161c9fba6c810 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'  ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Visit our SALMONCOMEBACK campaign website 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img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-dkdk8-f8355db810975934327f3d03b6f12c35 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-dkdk8-f8355db810975934327f3d03b6f12c35 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-56  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-705x578.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-450x369.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-700 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-700 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail.jpg\" alt='' title='vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail'  height=\"615\" width=\"750\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-705x578.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/12\/vogelgrun_dam_cc_geoportail-450x369.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3mofc8-98f6cbca954417880d9d676349a0a9a8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Vogelgr\u00fcn dam, aerian view<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 G\u00e9oportail<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3g1eeg-0c73654f6405ba3787d7420a98c9644f\">\n#top .flex_column.av-3g1eeg-0c73654f6405ba3787d7420a98c9644f{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-3g1eeg-0c73654f6405ba3787d7420a98c9644f{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-3g1eeg-0c73654f6405ba3787d7420a98c9644f{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-705x574.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-450x367.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2166 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2166 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen.jpg\" alt='Photo Vogelgr\u00fcn' title='Vogelgruen'  height=\"619\" width=\"760\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-705x574.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/04\/Vogelgruen-450x367.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-78lps-97b782e86ee3eee47787d85943ead3ea '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Vogelgr\u00fcn dam, aerian view<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 G\u00e9oportail<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6kmtzc-3e37410eec3187e95ba36ac3dc8a2fe1\">\n.avia-section.av-6kmtzc-3e37410eec3187e95ba36ac3dc8a2fe1{\nbackground-color:rgba(3,142,170,0.3);\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-6kmtzc-3e37410eec3187e95ba36ac3dc8a2fe1 main_color avia-section-default avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-61  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-704'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6bkm5k-4122ce52d3f5b3ae76d3ff139b646963\">\n.flex_column.av-6bkm5k-4122ce52d3f5b3ae76d3ff139b646963{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6bkm5k-4122ce52d3f5b3ae76d3ff139b646963 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-62  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jlp7h8xp-f41853e91f3b96557563a5aa9c72265b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-jlp7h8xp-f41853e91f3b96557563a5aa9c72265b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-jlp7h8xp-f41853e91f3b96557563a5aa9c72265b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-jlp7h8xp-f41853e91f3b96557563a5aa9c72265b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-jlp7h8xp-f41853e91f3b96557563a5aa9c72265b av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-63  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Micro-hydropower plant project in Chanteuges<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Desges river, Allier tributary, France<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5zs3qw-519b670de57d59b5ba1fe4ead9f3cbc9\">\n#top .flex_column.av-5zs3qw-519b670de57d59b5ba1fe4ead9f3cbc9{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-5zs3qw-519b670de57d59b5ba1fe4ead9f3cbc9{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-5zs3qw-519b670de57d59b5ba1fe4ead9f3cbc9{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5zs3qw-519b670de57d59b5ba1fe4ead9f3cbc9 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-64  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-6or6g-51c1c10e5cb0afab569ea1163adaa63d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">In France and in Europe, a large number of micro-hydropower projects are emerging on the last remaining watercourses.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">They pose a real threat to aquatic ecosystems and their energy production is insignificant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The micro-hydropower plant project in Chanteuges is one example in the Desges river, tributary of the upper Allier, just upstream from the <span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"\">National Conservatory of Wild Salmon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-6aa2a14a08b78d928e732ca1e63c4969 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-66  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_button '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-6s3jlc-cf2105aa3d86d834693e4af9cbf614d0-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-67  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/www.ern.org\/fr\/chanteuges\/'  class='avia-button av-6s3jlc-cf2105aa3d86d834693e4af9cbf614d0 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'  ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Micro-hydropower plant in Chanteuges (in French)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jfrvc-19b00b0c1730aba168cf3133ba9b56e6\">\n#top 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class='wp-image-3912 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3912 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Banderole-1.jpg\" alt='' title='Banderole 1'  height=\"563\" width=\"1000\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Banderole-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Banderole-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Banderole-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Banderole-1-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-513naw-0943f54f6b9506bb825b8fd86962e885 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Local activists fighting the micro hydropower plant project in Chanteuges<\/em> <em>\u00a9 Marie-Pierre Tiberti , 2018<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4wocqg-8ce37ff3bcf5032118915451c10b3b57\">\n#top .flex_column.av-4wocqg-8ce37ff3bcf5032118915451c10b3b57{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-4wocqg-8ce37ff3bcf5032118915451c10b3b57{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-4wocqg-8ce37ff3bcf5032118915451c10b3b57{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4wocqg-8ce37ff3bcf5032118915451c10b3b57 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-71  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-h5aqg-a7a9479057f11480deb28cea86113570\">\n.avia-image-container.av-h5aqg-a7a9479057f11480deb28cea86113570 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-h5aqg-a7a9479057f11480deb28cea86113570 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-h5aqg-a7a9479057f11480deb28cea86113570 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-72  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-705x397.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3916 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3916 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1.jpg\" alt='' title='Chantier_deversoir170912_1'  height=\"563\" width=\"1000\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Chantier_deversoir170912_1-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-4k29ig-7abc794b9bc841c3a76d5983f64726cd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The micro hydropower plant under construction in Chanteuges<\/em> <em>\u00a9 ERN France, 2017<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_6'  class='avia-section av-370pcw-18362c577b8c1e2bba6e8c0300669493 main_color avia-section-default avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-74  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_hr  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-704'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-au4iw-a7c89a35c8de898f9ea46ed88f0f406a\">\n.flex_column.av-au4iw-a7c89a35c8de898f9ea46ed88f0f406a{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-au4iw-a7c89a35c8de898f9ea46ed88f0f406a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-75  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jsvnd3mu-0b1956f39b17e487f06dfdab2c14885d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-jsvnd3mu-0b1956f39b17e487f06dfdab2c14885d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-jsvnd3mu-0b1956f39b17e487f06dfdab2c14885d .av-special-heading-tag 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av-2rwmxs-f2afead34bebfbeba73dd12e7eec2242 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-77  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-95n20-05ad599ea0c8a04df8014be701e4d863\">\n.avia-image-container.av-95n20-05ad599ea0c8a04df8014be701e4d863 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-95n20-05ad599ea0c8a04df8014be701e4d863 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-95n20-05ad599ea0c8a04df8014be701e4d863 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-78  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3747 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3747 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-1030x687.jpg\" alt='' title='Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow'  height=\"687\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Hasankey_ensoleiIe_IMG_6992recdrlow-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2c06ww-d57fc210ecc1f477ffb2034b71568e64 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ilisu Dam (Tigris,Turkey): Antic Hasankeyf, World Heritage in danger<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN France, Roberto Epple, 2011<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-897m8-5cab6ae2dd82417bed0edeee1a86ed2f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Ilisu hydropower project<\/span>\u00a0is at present the largest dam project in Turkey&#8217;s pipeline. It is located on the Tigris river in South-East Anatolia, 65 km upstream of the Syrian and Iraqi border. The project is extremely controversial for a variety of political, social, environmental, economic, and archeological reasons. It appears to violate five policy guidelines of the World Bank on 18 accounts, and core provisions of the UN Convention on the Non-Navigational Uses of Transboundary Watercourses. The works hould be completed between 2017 and 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"st\">The Il\u0131su Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill <\/span> with a length of 1820 m and a height of 135 m will create a reservoir with a maximum volume of 10.4 billion m3 and a surface area of 313 km2. The Ilisu power station will have a capacity of 1,200 MW, and is expected to produce 3,800 GWh of power per year. The costs are estimated to be $ 1.52 billion (not including the financing costs).\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ilisu is part of the South-East Anatolia Project (GAP), a giant hydropower and irrigation scheme on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the Kurdish part of Turkey. Once the GAP is completed, its reservoirs are supposed to produce 27,300 GWh of power per year, and irrigate a land area of 17,600 km2. The GAP&#8217;s total price tag is supposed to be $ 32 billion.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>This case study is not copleted yet, meanwhile you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivernet.org\/turquie\/ilisu.htm#Introduction\">read our dedicated page on our old website<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-204grk-310ff35b2b64d4436369878edd295b20\">\n.flex_column.av-204grk-310ff35b2b64d4436369878edd295b20{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-204grk-310ff35b2b64d4436369878edd295b20 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-81  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1xnx9k-1253c12c380471d5af8d1855af11c2ae\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1xnx9k-1253c12c380471d5af8d1855af11c2ae img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1xnx9k-1253c12c380471d5af8d1855af11c2ae .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1xnx9k-1253c12c380471d5af8d1855af11c2ae av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-82  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/yacyreta-dam-paranaa-low.jpg\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3725 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3725 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/yacyreta-dam-paranaa-low.jpg\" alt='' title='yacyreta dam paranaa low'  height=\"168\" width=\"250\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1o8jo8-9f67c2604006bdbda55941526f6c0e3c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Yacyreta Dam<br \/>\n(Parana River, Argentina)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 unknown &#8211; free<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1k2zew-c2c8f068ebdf2018e811250f8b283395 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">A part of our text is inspired by Wikipedia Infomations on Yacyreta :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Yacyret\u00e1-Apip\u00e9 (or just Yacyret\u00e1, often Yaciret\u00e1) is a hydroelectric dam located on the Paran\u00e1 River between Argentina and Paraguay, 83 kilometers downstream of Posadas City, next to Paraguayan city of Ayolas, and Argentine city of Ituzaing\u00f3, Corrientes Province. It was named after the Yacyret\u00e1 Island (Guaran\u00ed: jasy &#8220;moon&#8221;, reta &#8220;country&#8221;), now 80% covered by the waters of the reservoir, and the Apip\u00e9 islands, now completely covered.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The dam is 808 metres long and has 20 turbines with a power of<br \/>\n4 050 MW that can produce 19 080 GWh per annum, with maximum water flow of 55 000 Cubic metres per second. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">There is a canal lock to let ships through the dam overcoming the<br \/>\n25 metre water difference, as well as a system to allow fish to go upstream during their reproductive season.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The project was heavily criticised before construction, as 1600 square kilometres of land were to be covered by water as reservoir to the dam, which finally eliminated the natural environment of a number of species. As a result, a lot of fish died right after the dam was filled (due to the oxygen difference in the water), and fish mortality is at high levels. The reduction of inhabitable environment has decreased the number of several species of the area. Also in danger were the Iber\u00e1 Wetlands in Corrientes, through suspected underground infiltration. City floods during heavy rains have been also said to be caused by the higher level of the waters. Before flooding the reservoir, new houses had to be built for the relocation of 40 000 people who lived in the area. ( Phase 1)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Even though it was started at the end of 1983, it was not until 1994 that the dam started working, in the middle of a corruption scandal (often called &#8220;The Monument to Corruption&#8221;), and after the original budget was largely exceeded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since 1998 all the generators are working, but the water level only reaches 76 metres over the sea level, which is 7 metres less than the original planned level of 83 metres. For this reason, the dam only generates about 60% of its planned power. While 7 meters may seem like a small difference, because the dam is located on a plain, that additional height of water would cover 500 extra square kilometres and affect the homes of 80,000 people (Phase 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">In 2006, amid concerns about energy shortage in Argentina, President N\u00e9stor Kirchner vowed to study the feasibility of finishing the works by 2008. A few months later, the governments of Paraguay and Argentina reached an agreement to cancel Paraguay&#8217;s debt of $11,000 million, by having smaller countries supply Argentina with<br \/>\n8 000 GWh per year during 40 years in exchange.]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">End of the Wikipedia text<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Yacyreta Dam in Argentinia (Parana River), is a symbol for corruption, an international large scale scandal (Worldbank droped out).<br \/>\n<em>This case study is yet not completed, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivernet.org\/southamerica\/parana_basin\/yacyreta.htm\"><em>please read the dedicated page on our old \u00a0Website<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1dja2o-47983be02f75852b0d0d6a6a871d5df8\">\n.flex_column.av-1dja2o-47983be02f75852b0d0d6a6a871d5df8{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1dja2o-47983be02f75852b0d0d6a6a871d5df8 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-85  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18pe1k-2ccfae29da8f81e79f511dd3f74d6f8a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-18pe1k-2ccfae29da8f81e79f511dd3f74d6f8a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-18pe1k-2ccfae29da8f81e79f511dd3f74d6f8a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-18pe1k-2ccfae29da8f81e79f511dd3f74d6f8a av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-86  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1030x687.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-450x300.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image' ><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3724 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3724 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1030x687.jpg\" alt='Photo Hasankeyf' title='Alqueva_IMG_0296low'  height=\"687\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/02\/Alqueva_IMG_0296low-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-117wnk-89f148c0d82e1993075963b6bec68799 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Alqueva Dam<br \/>\n(Guadiana River, Portugal)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 ERN France, Roberto Epple, 2016<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-vbrb4-8f5604b0c08d0f209b089e18aac93f1c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The Alqueva dam financed, by the EU, is based in a model of intensive irrigation of the semi-arid Alentejo region, is not sustainable and with a incredible low return rate. Given credit to the scientific reports of the same European Commission that is financing the dam, there is a high probability of desertification and salinization.\u00a0On February 8th 2002, the 96-metre-high floodgates have been closed. The Alqueva dam is one\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">the biggest dams in the Iberian Peninsula and holds the water of the largest artificial lake in Europe (surface).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The dam with 240 MW hydropotential and a reservoire with a volume of 4150 milions M3 covering \u00a025 000 ha,<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0has destroyed one of the most bio-diversified region in Europe and caused the destruction of thousands of images of irreplaceable ancient rock art (petroglyphs). Over 400 panels of the prehistoric art are located within the impact zone of the dam along the Portuguese and Spanish sides of the Guadiana River.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">This case study is not completed yet. Please<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivernet.org\/guadiana\/alqueva.htm\"> read meanwhile our dedicated page on our old website<\/a>. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_6'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-704'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='hr av-tnbds-8328709f57fdfd25d2cef91760b420d5 hr-default  avia-builder-el-89  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmduo-2ec6e2c3c1c51b9a55a863cf33397feb\">\n.flex_column.av-kmduo-2ec6e2c3c1c51b9a55a863cf33397feb{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-kmduo-2ec6e2c3c1c51b9a55a863cf33397feb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-90  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1bapc-fa6a1598256f4b2ddbd3205c6bd7ffda '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The activities we carry out on dam removal are supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/03\/Logo_Patagonia_black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2018\/03\/Logo_Patagonia_black-300x57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-704","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ern.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}