Armenia: Hydropower plants undermine communities' access to water for consumption and irrigation
摘要
日期: 2021年9月23日
地点: 亚美尼亚
企业
Contour Global Hydro Cascade CJSC (part of ContourGlobal PLC) - Unknown项目
Vorotan HPPs Cascade - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
影响评估 , 水的获取 , 信息获取 , Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Impacts on Livelihoods回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
Hydropower Impact on Economies in Goris and Sisian Communities in Syuniq Region: What Kind of Environmental and Social Problems Arise? 23 September 2021
Hydropower is one of the priority economic branches Syunik Region, where the complex of Vorotan HPPs is located and where about 60% of the electricity generated in the hydroelectric power stations of the republic is produced, and about 15% of the entire produced electricity...
During the irrigation season, there is a shortage of water in the region, which is due to the general wear and tear of the irrigation network, as well as non-compliance with water intake restrictions for other water users, particularly the Vorotan HPP complex and SHPPs. Due to the water intake of a large number of 23 operating hydropower plants, the ecological flow in some parts of the rivers is not maintained, which puts quantitative pressure on the rivers...
The depletion of the region's water resources continues. The proportion of amounts of water resources used for hydropower and irrigation is not maintained during the irrigation season... Hydropower plants do not carry out self-monitoring of water intake and environmental flow...
Water users operating hydropower plants are not accountable to the beneficiaries, especially the affected population...