The researcher in geology at the American University, Tony Nemer, wrote on his account on the “X” platform: “With the return of talk about some dams in Lebanon and the reasons for their failure, I repeat and repeat for the umpteenth time, away from the boats of politics in Lebanon: the Masilha Dam is 45 meters above sea level and the goal is… It is used to irrigate the villages of Batroun District, which are already higher than it. With the loss of the gravity factor to draw the dam’s water to its destination, and with the scarcity of electricity in Lebanon to transport water using pumps, the dam is definitely a failure.”
He added, “Balaa Dam is located in an area of natural sinkholes that required work at huge costs to fill it, while the capacity of the dam’s reservoir after filling is only 1.5 million cubic meters. The choice of location is completely unsuccessful, and the economic feasibility does not exist.”
Nimr continued, “The Bisri Dam is designed to be built at the junction of two seismic faults (the Bisri Fault and the Rum Fault), where the fulcrum of the March 16, 1956, earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 occurred. The site is very dangerous in terms of the possibility of the dam’s waters stimulating seismic movement on the existing faults.”
1/4 With the return of talk about some dams in Lebanon and the reasons for their failure, I repeat and repeat for the umpteenth time away from the boats of politics in Lebanon:
— Tony S. Nemer, PhD (@tony_nemer) September 8, 2023
2023-09-08 19:52:28
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