Silt accumulation that once plagued China's Sanmenxia Power plant is not a problem for the world's largest water conservancy project Three Gorges Dam as the silt accumulated there annually was less than 40 percent of the projected figures, ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 27 2007
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