Black Rock Dam:

a flawed proposal

 

Despite the potential for public benefits, the flaws in the Black Rock proposal are serious, ranging from economic infeasibility, to earthquake/landslide potential, to adverse impacts on the Columbia River.  Building the Black Rock Reservoir would be folly; ultimately it is much more sensible to utilize the millions of dollars now being spent on planning and feasibility studies to fund water conservation and fish restoration projects – public benefits that Black Rock is supposed to provide, but which could be obtained at a much lower cost through alternative means. 


The fatal flaws of the Black Rock proposal include:


~   Too Expensive


~   Unstable Geology


~   Impacts on Hanford


~   Impacts on Hanford Reach


~   Tying up the region’s water


~   Trojan Fish


~   Recreation


 

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Contents
~  Introduction
~  Water overappropriated
~  Dam Proposal
~  A Flawed Proposal
    1) Too Expensive
    2) Unstable Geology
    3) Hanford Nuclear Reservation
    4) Hanford Reach of the River
    5) Tying Up the Region’s Water
    6) Trojan Fish
    7) Recreation
~  Yakima Valley Water Solutions
~  Links
~  Documents




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