FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE MANY POTENTIALLY CONFLICTING IMPLICATIONS OF DAM REMOVAL - TWO CASE STUDIES

摘要

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) owns more than 250 dams. Financial resources to maintain these dams are increasingly difficult to obtain. The DEEP promotes ecological restoration and removal of dams to restore riparian habitat wherever possible. The DEEP recognizes that removing dams would stem funding shortfalls and help achieve ecological restoration goals. The DEEP undertook dam de-commissioning assessments to evaluate the feasibility of removing dams in two watersheds - the four Seymour Reservoir dams creating impoundments for a former potable water supply system, and the Sprinqborn Dam that formerly provided hydropower for a textile mill.