3. Summary

Negative effects of dams can cause many local environmental problems with fish, mussels, and pollution. As discussed, hydroelectric power has pros and cons but the use of this power will be necessary in the future and this means that engineers and evironmentalists will need to communicate and come to common grounds. Both sides have their view but if they gain the ability to work together and create a medium of ideas, hydroelectric power can be integrated as a better power source. With regards to costs, hydroelectric power can be very useful in the future due to the low costs compared to other power sources but we need to be careful to watch for environmental issues created. These issues created can be very costly and could outweigh the costs of other sources. Solving the issues between engineers and environmentalists will help clear up potential environmental costs down the road and make hydroelectric a good source and investment for energy.

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