Sivens Dam
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Sivens Dam | |
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Official name | Barrage de Sivens |
Country | France |
Location | Lisle-sur-Tarn |
Coordinates | 43°55′0″N 1°46′10″E / 43.91667°N 1.76944°E |
Status | Cancelled |
Construction began | August 2014 |
Construction cost | 8.4 million euros |
Owner(s) | Department of Tarn |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Tescou |
Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
Height (thalweg) | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
Length | 304 m (997 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 1,500,000 m3 (1,200 acre⋅ft) |
Surface area | 42 ha (100 acres) |
Maximum length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Sivens Dam (Barrage de Sivens) was a
Original plan
Sivens is in the Tescou, a tributary of the Tarn in the basin of the Garonne. A barrage project was initiated for the formation of a water reservoir with a volume of 1.5 million cubic metres used especially for irrigation of agricultural land and the control of the low water Tescou. The impact of the project lies in retaining the flooding of 12 hectares of wetland. Countervailing measures were planned to restore a total area of 19.5 hectares of wetlands. This project was to have benefited from 30% European funds (Fedear). The main actors of the project were the general council of Tarn region, Water Agency Adour Garonne and the development company "Slopes of Gascony".
Protests
In 2011, a collective called Tant qu’il y aura des bouilles was created to fight this project. The name means 'As long as there are bouilles,' with bouilles in local dialect meaning a swampy piece of land that is not worth very much money.
A policeman was charged in 2018 with a crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ('violences volontaires') for throwing a grenade into a caravan where three people were sheltering. At first the policeman claimed he threw the grenade at more demonstrators coming as reinforcements but this was not true. He then claimed he had not intended to throw the grenade into the caravan but this was also disproved by the evidence. This event occurred on 7 October 2014, three weeks before the death of
Death of Rémi Fraisse
Smaller dam
In March 2015, the departmental council of Tarn voted narrowly in favour of building a dam and creating a reservoir further upstream around half the size of the original project. They also requested that the police cleared the ZAD.[3]
See also
- Demonstration of October 25 and 26, 2014 against the Sivens dam. fr: Manifestation des 25 et 26 octobre 2014 contre le barrage de Sivens
References
- ^ The Guardian, 28 October 2014, French Socialists and Greens at odds following death of Sivens dam protester, by Anne Penketh in Paris
- ^ "Lisle-sur-Tarn. Sivens : La délibération d'utilité publique annulée".
- ^ a b c d Ball, Sam (6 March 2015). "Environmentalists lose bitter battle over controversial dam". France 24. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Libération, 2 May 2014, À Sivens, un autre Dame-des-Landes
- ^ a b Le Figaro, 27 Feb 2014, Barrage/Tarn : expulsion des opposants
- ^ La Dépêche du Midi 31 August 2014, Semaine cruciale à Sivens pour le projet de barrage
- ^ "Sivens : un gendarme renvoyé devant la justice pour "violences volontaires"". Le Figaro. AFP. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Colin, Beatrice. "Toulouse: Prison avec sursis pour un gendarme qui avait blessé une opposante à Sivens". 20 Minutes. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "France halts Sivens dam construction after protester's death". Guardian. AFP. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2019.