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SHORT STORY: KUMERAU Dam Site –  By T. Eric Matthews

KUMERAU Dam Site – Upper Mazaruni River, Guyana

 By T. Eric Matthews

In the early 1970’s the Guyana government took steps to develop a hydro-electric power scheme in the Upper Mazaruni River area. The Upper Mazaruni Development Authority (UMDA) was specifically created  to plan and execute the project. The dam itself was to be built near or at the Kumerau Falls. A great deal of field work was done by several teams crisscrossing the Region. Actual construction never started and the scheme never came to fruition. 

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