Samuel Dam Profile

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Companies:

Eletronorte is a state-owned company controled by the holding Eletrobrás.

Affected People:

• 256 families (official data).
• About a thousand families, 650 of which are awaiting resettlement (Brazilian Movement of Dam Affected People - MAB).

Links:

• Brazil's Samuel Dam: lessons for hydroelectric development policy and the environment in Amazonia
• In Rondônia, people affected by Samuel dam occupy Eletrobrás's thermoelectric plant
• Mercury in the plankton communities of Samuel Reservoir
• Impacts of Hydropower Samuel on fish communities of the Jamari River

Source:

• Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel)
• Sistema de Informações do Potencial Hidrelétrico Brasileiros (SIPOT)
• Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S/A (Eletronorte)