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    Question ID:   10334         Current Version: 2
Question: What are the advantages and disadvantage of Kamchay hydroelectric dam in Cambodia?
Category: Business & Finance > Economics
Keywords: advantage, disadvantage, positive, negative, impact, hydroelectric, dam, Kamchay, Cambodia
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    Answer:

Positive Impacts:

  • Provide sustainable electricity power supply for economic development and help reducing poverty.
  • The project of building the dam will create job opportunity for local people.
  • Help control flooding in the surrounding area especially during the early raining season.
  • Improve condition for aquatic biodiversity in Prek Kompongbay.
  • As a by-product of the project, infrastructures, such as bridge, road, reservoirs, resorts will be developed and promote tourism.
  • Government can get tax on the dam project profit.

Negative Impacts:

  • Non-recoverable loss of forest land and biodiversity. 
  • Huge social and economic cost.
  • Potential pollution can make water supply a tough issue to deal with.
  • Lack of regulation in water flow can impact agriculture production.
  • Increased salinization can decrease the yield of agricultural sector.

Sources:

[1] The Kamchay Hydroelectric Dam, Sam Chanthy, October 2007

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