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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I had previously read that another downfall of hydro is that it can ruin river ecosystem downstream. Basically the study was claiming that the water being returned from hydro plants was warmer, to a pretty small degree, but it was enough to impact fish and aquatic plants.
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That would make more sense of an issue than the one in the article. Unless you are building new hydro dams, the flooding loss would have already occurred the first time it floods wouldn't it? Don't see how it would be an issue with existing systems,