The town council votes to construct an energy plant on the bank of a large river. It uses river water in its cooling tanks and releases the wastewater back into the river. How might this activity affect the local watershed?

I. The energy plant will likely flood the area during heavy rainfall.
II. The energy plant will likely pollute the water flowing in front of it on the riverbank
III. The energy plant will stop all water flowing through the watershed.

II only
I and III
II and III
I, II, and III

Given that the energy plant is to be built on the bank of the river, it will affect the local watershed by contaminating the water flowing in front of it. Option ll is correct.

The Construction of an energy plant on the banks of a river implies a hydro power plant. This means that the plant will harvest the energy of the flowing river to create electricity. A turbine is used to transform the kinetic energy of the moving water into the mechanical energy needed for electricity. The problem with this idea is the pollution.

The process of generating electricity from the kinetic energy of the water comes at a cost. This cost is in the form of waste that is produced. This waste is often very toxic to life. Some energy plants of this kind produce a great amount of waste, which can result difficult to dispose of and thus is often dumped back into the river, contaminating the river that flows after the power plant.

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