Dam in Northeast Built on Earthquake Site, Study Finds
Experts are recommending that a proposed dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia be equipped with earthquake protection measures, after discovering a quake occurred in the area some 30 years ago. The proposed Lower Sesan II dam would be situated on a site in Stung Treng province that saw a 5.2 magnitude quake in 1978, according to a recent impact study, and a similar eruption could happen again, said Meach Mean, a Cambodia coordinator for the 3S Rivers Protection Network, an environmental group. … An environmental assessment conducted in by the government in 2009 and discussed by a range of organizations last week found four minor fault lines on one side of the proposed site and a larger fault upstream. The report recommends a dam that would be resilient to possible future quakes. …
