Ecotourism is an alternative to practice tourism without causing negative impacts to the environment, enjoying the wonderful environment that nature itself offers us.The main objective of this proposal is to create a camping area and a dock with viewpoint in the Ticllacocha lagoon, in the district of Tanta. This is due to the fact that currently Tanta does not have a lodge area for visitors who develop adventure tourism in the area. One of the main objectives through this project is to provide in an equitable manner, throughout the whole area, opportunities for learning and interaction between visitors, the local population and their environment, strengthening interest in the conservation of natural and cultural values of the area. To achieve the proposed objective, it is essential to know the tourist attractions that the Tanta district possesses.
Observations, data, and analyses used to investigate the cause of fly ash-laden seepage from the right abutment of an earthen dam are presented herein. The investigation shows that the sediment-laden seepage occurred through permeable/jointed bedrock in the right abutment that was exposed by a landslide prior to construction of the dam. When the level of the impounded fly ash reached the level of the prior landslide, the fly ash-laden seepage migrated through the jointed bedrock of the abutment and exited on the downstream right abutment. The joint bedrock was exposed to the fly ash reservoir because the landslide removed the clayey colluvium and/or residual soil overlying the jointed bedrock that fanned a natural impervious barrier to seepage. This sediment-laden seepage initially was a great concern because of the potential for erosion and piping in earth dams. However, the rapid investigation into and subsequent monitoring of the seepage revealed that accumulation of fly ash and other coarser particles created a filter cake that reduced the seepage and eventually sealed the joints and fractures in the sandstone abutment. No fly ash-laden seepage has been observed on the downstream abutment since April 2004 after first appearing on February 16, 2004. This filter cake development and self-healing process averted additional seepage and illustrates the beneficial effects of fly ash-laden seepage in controlling reservoir leakage.
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