EIA reveals few impacts expected

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Kelera Buiwai and Usenia Tavutavu with their net at the Wainikoroiluva River. Picture: ATU RASEA

THERE is expected to be very few impacts on swimming, playing, bathing and washing in the Wainikoroiluva River once the construction of the proposed hydropower project starts.

This was revealed in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Wainikovu and Waivaka Hydropower project given to this newspaper by landowners of Nakavika Village in Namosi.

Hydro VL Pty Ltd is working on the Wainikoroiluva, Wainikovu and Waivaka hydro project in Namosi.

The EIA highlighted that additional leisure activities would become available instead.

This would include boating on the reservoir.

“The water depth may be unfamiliar, however, so a safety awareness program will be implemented by the project,” the EIA stated.

The EIA also revealed that the reduced water depth in the river, downstream of the dam was not anticipated to affected where villagers currently played, swim and washed.

“Reduced flows and a dam wall will impact on commercial ecotourism ventures in the Namosi area,” the assessment highlighted.

FACT FILE · THE main features of the proposed Wainikoroiluva Hydro Power Plant are a dam, tunnel, powerhouse, turbines, electrical and mechanical components and access roads · The proposed location of the dam is approximately two kilometres downstream of the existing Namosi Eco-Tourism Retreat in Navunikabi Village · The powerhouse is approximately 2.5 kilometres from the dam and located near Nakavika Village SOURCE: WAINIKOVU AND WAIVAKA HYDROPOWER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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