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Influence of a Small Hydroelectric Power Station on the River Ecosystem.

European Journal of Sustainable Development

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Title Influence of a Small Hydroelectric Power Station on the River Ecosystem.
 
Creator Valero, Enrique
Álvarez, Xana
Picos, Juan
 
Description To assess the effects of the Small Hydroelectric Power Station (SHP) on the fluvial ecosystem, some environmental values are required to measure. This work provides acharacterization of the water quality status in a river stretch around a SHP plant on river Mandeo, (NW Spain), for three years after its construction. The ecological and chemicalstatus of the water and the ecological quality of the riparian habitat was analyzed and comparing with the water quality requirements. The results showed that there were notsignificant differences between sampling points (before and after of the plant), as well as a stabilization of the parameters within two years after the construction of the Station,achieving conditions ecologically compatible. We concluded that the construction of the SHP plant caused an adverse effect in the ecosystem, which was subsequently improved.Highly positive results from the point of view of their contribution as a source of renewable energy.Keywords: Biological index, physicochemical, SHP plant, riparian forest quality index
 
Publisher European Center of Sustainable Development
 
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Date 2014-10-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/187
10.14207/ejsd.2014.v3n4p175
 
Source European Journal of Sustainable Development; Vol 3, No 4: Special Issue; 175-180
2239-6101
2239-5938
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/187/179
 
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