Evaluación Ambiental Preliminar de un aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico en su fase de factibilidad en el arroyo Casa de Piedra, San Carlos de Bariloche.

Abstract

This paper focuses on a potential small hydroelectric project (SHP) for a locality and analyzes it from an environmental perspective in its early planning phase. The city of San Carlos de Bariloche was chosen as the study area, as a population center that would be directly affected and benefited by the project. To determine a potential watercourse for the SHP, the Casa de Piedra stream, located west of the city, was chosen. This choice was based on three criteria: proximity to the city; favorable water resources for hydroelectric development (constant flows and terrain gradients); and the existence of a previous hydroelectric project on the stream, created in the late 1960s, which ultimately was not implemented.