Title
'Need' for Small Hydro in an Environmental Context: Three Case Studies
Publication Date
1985
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries
Start Page
121
End Page
126
Editors
Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;
Publication Place
Bethesda, MD
Publisher
American Fisheries Society
Abstract
This paper examines the trade-offs between economic gains and adverse environmental effects of three proposed small hydropower projects: the Big 'A' in Maine, Livermore Falls in New Hampshire, and Lee Creek in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The paper concludes that careful economic analysis of proposed small hydropower plants will show that many are poor investments for society.
Notes
ISBN 0-913235-37-7