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Río Piedras Dam

Río Piedras Dam. Saira Fida (UF) Emily Williams (UF) Grant WeinKan (UF) Mario Iván Rojas Sánchez (UNED) Julio 2012. Watershed Río Piedras. Natural Processes of Consideration. Precipitation Timing Antecedent moisture conditions Intensity Duration Slope Land use Evaporation rates.

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Río Piedras Dam

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  1. Río Piedras Dam Saira Fida (UF) Emily Williams (UF) Grant WeinKan (UF) Mario Iván Rojas Sánchez (UNED) Julio 2012

  2. Watershed Río Piedras

  3. Natural Processes of Consideration • Precipitation • Timing • Antecedent moisture conditions • Intensity • Duration • Slope • Land use • Evaporation rates

  4. Precipitación

  5. Inclinación (respaladizo) / Slope

  6. Land use

  7. Predicting flows on an ungauged river

  8. Río Piedras Dam

  9. Stakeholder

  10. Core Institutions Water Use Drinking Water Hydropower Irrigation MINAET Direccion de Aguas AyA Munis & ASADAS ICE SENARA • Concessions • Register & • authorize well • construction • Nat’l Water Policy • Collect water • pollution fees • Potable water • Sanitation • Sewerage • Hydro production • Concessions • Irrigation • Drainage • Flood protection

  11. Stakeholder Analysis

  12. Social Considerations • Land Use • Income generator for who? • Benefits foreign investors • Economic implications of project • Jobs for dam construction and maintenance • Loss of jobs in inundated area • Ranchers, farmers • Job creation resulting from project • Service jobs at resorts/hotels

  13. Comparative International Law • United States NEPA 1969 • United Nations Principles of EIA 1987 • Costa Rica SETENA, Law No. 7554 1995

  14. Project Area

  15. Environmentalassessment in Costa Rica D1 Terms of reference SETENA EIA EnvironmentalViability SETENA

  16. Aspects to be assessed • Soil • Water Construction process and operation • Air • Social • Biota

  17. Thanks

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