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Depending upon how the system is set up there could be a variety of effects.
To have a hydroelectric dam there needs to be a source of water, which frequently is a river damed up flooding an area behind it. That could be seen as a problem depending upon how it is managed and whether or not you live in the effected area.
The water flow is being altered as well as other physical qualities of the water. The sediment load and gas pressure will likely decrease. The construction would need to take into account the alterations to the habitat for wildlife. If the dissolved oxygen level drops too low fish could die and anaerobic conditions could lead to ammonia problems and a pH shift.
There is also the problem of creating a division in a waterway where there was none before. This could be a problem for wildlife and for transportation.
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How large is Hoover Dam in cubic meters?
Hoover Dam contains 3,333,459.2 cubic meters of concrete.
Where is the best place to take pictures at the Hoover Dam?
There are many places one can take pictures at the Hoover Dam. One should speak with their tour guide at the Dam to find out the best place to take a picture.
What area of the country is the main benefactor of the electricity generated by the Hoover Dam?
CA
What is the largest earth dam in the us?
New Cornelia Tailings of Pima County, Arizona is one of the largest mine tailings piles in the world: 7.4 billion cubic feet, the New Cornelia Tailings is often cited as the largest dam structure in the country, by volume (the tailings, waste material from the mining process, were heaped into a pile that created a holding structure for future tailings, some of which were deposited in a pumped slurry, thus the tailings pile is an "impoundment" or dam). The mine that produced the tailings, the 1.5 mile wide open pit New Cornelia Mine, is owned by Phelps Dodge, and is presently in limbo (shut down in 1983). A project to mine the tailings has been proposed. The next in size is the Fort Peck Dam, 21,430 ft (6,531 m) long and 250 ft (76 m) high, on the Missouri River, NE Mont.; one of the world's largest earth-filled dams.
List three forms of stored energy?
A guess: glucose, gasoline, water stored behind the Hoover Dam.
Does the Hoover Dam have any problems?
it has a drinking problem
What is the name of the dam on Colorado river between Arizona and Nevada?
There are six of them on the Colorado river. Glenn Canyon dam, Hoover dam, Davis dam, Parker dam, Palo Verde diversion dam and Imperial dam.
What is the nickname of Hoover dam?
A nickname for the Hoover Dam is Boulder Dam.
Which is bigger Hoover dam or Glen dam?
Hoover
How do you spell Hoover Dam?
hoover dam =D
Where is the water for the hoover dam stored?
In the hoover dam.
When was the Hoover dam discovered?
Hoover Dam was built by people.
When did Hoover Dam open?
Hoover dam opened in 1920
Was Hoover Dam originally called Nover Dam?
Hoover Dam was originally called Boulder Dam.
What president was the dam named after?
Herbert Hoover - Boulder Dam in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River was renamed to Hoover Dam in his honor.
What famous dam is named after president Hoover?
When the dam was in its planning stages, in 1930, Herbert Hoover was President. It was then in 1930 that Secretary Ickes stated publicly that Hoover Dam was to be built, noting that naming a dam after a president was appropriate. In 1933, when Hoover was not re-elected, the name was reverted to Boulder Dam. It remained Bould Dam until 1947, when an act of Congress officially re-named the dam Hoover Dam.
This dam is the creator of Lake Mead outside of Las Vegas?
the hoover dam
