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Subject: Tanzanian dam and endangered species/LS
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This is a World Bank dam.
Tiny toad in water war with Tanzania Electric Company
( October 16, 2000 )
NAIROBI, Oct 16 (AFP) - The water requirements of a rare, inch-long toad
native to Tanzania's southern highlands have prevented a hydro-electric
plant in the area operating at full capacity, the East African newspaper
reported Monday.
The habitat of the Kihansi Spray Toad, or Asperginus nectophrynoides, needs
as much water, about seven cubic metres per second, as is used to generate
52 megawatts of electricity.
And there is not enough water in the Kihansi river to quench the thirst of
both the diminutive amphibian and the considerably larger plant operated by
the Tanzania Electric Company (Tanesco).
Mindful perhaps of its environmental responsibilities under the Rio
Biodiversity Convention of 1992, Tanesco has already set up an artificial
spray system for the toad, which has never been spotted outside a very small
area at the base of the Kihansi escarpment, but this only delivers two cubic
metres per second.
That is enough, however, to stop the plant, completed in April, generating
its maximum output of 180 megawatts.
According to the East African, few Tanzanians are aware of this arrangement.
"How can you tell a Tanzanian that a once-inch toad has prevented Tanesco
from generating adequate power? Nobody will appreciate the problem," Tanesco
director of projects Francis Shaidi told the newspaper.
The case is set to top the agenda at a meeting here next week of
international donors and environmentalists, including representatives of the
World Bank.
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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