Barrage Advantages
- Renewable energy - 5% of the uK's electrical energy - more if we include wind , wave and PV accessories.
- Protection against inundation of Cardiff, Newport, Gloucester, Bristol and Severnside settlements and agricultural land from global - warming induced sea level rise.
- Clarification of the turbid water of the Severn Estuary, leading to less disease risk and better amenity.
- Protection of bird feeding grounds from eventual inundation by sea level rise
- A third Severn Crossing
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