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India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in water flow every day (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What? Dams usually have a regulating effect on flow downstream. Why would it cause swings?

For most of the day, the dam will hold back water, letting only a small amount through, roughly equivalent to the region’s dry season. But for about four hours each night, it will release water to generate power, sending a raging river downstream almost like during monsoon season.

Why would they build it like that? That’s stupid and wasteful. Why?!