Title: Explain why public utilities are constructed.
Course: Construction Technology (17002-18) > Section: Exploring Types of Structures

Explanation should include

- water distribution
- power plants (both renewable and nonrenewable)
- sanitary waste treatment
- fiber optic or data facilities.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is hydroelectricity, when and where was it first used, and how is it used today?
- What are aqueducts? How were they used?
- What justifies the building of a dam?
- How were dams first established and built? How have they transformed over time?
- What are the environmental and social effects of dams?
- What is a renewable vs. a nonrenewable energy source?