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I hadn't seen that. Why are they stranded?I was just reading that there are over 200 ships stranded at the Panama Canal. That can't help on getting a new machine in a timely manner.
I hadn't seen that. Why are they stranded?I was just reading that there are over 200 ships stranded at the Panama Canal. That can't help on getting a new machine in a timely manner.
A drought in Panama is limiting the number of ships per day they will allow through due to the water discharge in the locks. I read it is capped at 32 ships per day, so it will take a while for this backlog to clear.I hadn't seen that. Why are they stranded?
I always thought they move the water back and forth, so very low loss of water.A drought in Panama is limiting the number of ships per day they will allow through due to the water discharge in the locks. I read it is capped at 32 ships per day, so it will take a while for this backlog to clear.
My understanding is the water for the locks comes from the lake in the middle, so ships transiting each direction removes a lock worth of water each time.I always thought they move the water back and forth, so very low loss of water.
Not by design to save water, just because it makes sense.
I always thought the same thing.I always thought they move the water back and forth, so very low loss of water.
Not by design to save water, just because it makes sense.
Time for redesign!My understanding is the water for the locks comes from the lake in the middle, so ships transiting each direction removes a lock worth of water each time.
I don’t think that is possible, the water needs to flow from the lake to the ocean/sea to prevent salt water from infiltrating the freshwater lake.Time for redesign!
no, the idea would be to move it from lock to lock.. so salt water to salt water, no need to touch the lakes water.I don’t think that is possible, the water needs to flow from the lake to the ocean/sea to prevent salt water from infiltrating the freshwater lake.
The ships pass through the lake, so that can’t work. If they move salt water from the ocean/sea through the locks, then it will end up in the lake when they open the last lock, making it a brackish lake that will kill all the existing aquatic life, and be unsuitable for drinking water for the population in the area. They would also need to pump the water uphill resulting in massive electricity bills.no, the idea would be to move it from lock to lock.. so salt water to salt water, no need to touch the lakes water.
that's an awful lot of water moving from a lake to the ocean.