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    HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATIONS ARE DANGEROUS

    http://a1plus.am/en/society/2009/09/3/h ek
    06:09 pm | September 03, 2009 | society

    Small hydro-electric stations are harming the water and thermal regimes
    of the rivers and creating obstacles for fish reproduction. The
    construction of the stations causes ecological problems, say
    participants of the round-table discussion held today at the Orhus
    center in Yerevan.

    According to Head of the Environmental Protection Department of the RA
    Ministry of Nature Protection Aram Gabrielyan, the small rivers may
    become a source of energy, but preference must be given to drinking
    and irrigation water, fishing and then energy production.

    There are 60 hydro-electric stations in Armenia, but there are
    prospects for broadening the business.

    Ecologists are also concerned that the stations are not built
    correctly. As head of the Armenia branch of the World Wilderness Fund
    Karen Manvelyan told "A1+", the stations are built disproportionately
    and the water is used without considering what it's used for.

    According to Karen Manvelyan, there are two important things-interests
    of the local population and nature. "The susceptibility of the
    ecosystem is not taken into account. The trees nearby are eliminated
    and the population's interets are not taken into account either. People
    have their lands, cultivate them, receive profits, but all that is
    eliminated with the construction of the hydro-electric stations."

    When Head of the Division of Restoring Energy of the Department of
    Development at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Daniel
    Stepanyan tried to justify that the stations are put into action after
    they are examined, Karen Manvelyan opposed: "Nobody can exclude that
    they are examined, but for some reason, regardless of the issues,
    they are still passed," said Karen Manvelyan in closing.
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