​​​​​​Environmental Impact Assessment for the existing hydroelectric power plants in the Acheloos River​

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​Country: Greece

Region: Sterea Ellada – Prefecture of Evritania and Aetoloakarnania 
Duration:  December 2003 – July 2007​

Client: PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION (PPC SA), Directorate of Hydroelectric Generation

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Main characteristics:

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• Ex post analysis of the environmental impacts and environmental licensing procedure of existing big infrastructure works built prior to 1970
• Environmental comparison of alternative solutions of the projects’ combined operation
• Compilation of a plan of technical interventions so that the “environmentally problematic” conditions in the wider region of the works (i.e. formation of the river bed downstream of Stratos dam) can be improved
• Evaluation – assessment of the environmental impacts that might be or have been caused during the project’s construction and operation phases

Important environmental issues:

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• Illegal disposal of solid and liquid waste in the reservoirs and the areas around the dams
• Irrigation and water supply networks of Kastrakio dam
• Environmental condition of the delta of the Acheloos river
• Correlation of the environmental dimension of the works with the power generation of the Hydroelectric Power Plants and the wider electrification network in Sterea Ellada
• Compilation of the recommended environmental interventions so that the best possible protection of the environment can be improved 

Similar projects:

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• Complementary contract with Hydroelectric Power Plant of Agia and Georgioupoli (Chania)
• Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment of Havria dam and Havria dam networks in the prefecture of Chalkidiki
• Environmental Impact Assessment for the Diversion Works on the Acheloos river