The Three Gorges Dam Project has started discharging water to lower the water level in the reservoir after excessive rainfall upstream. The inflow was 34,500 cubic meters per second at 8 a.m. Saturday, up from 27,000 six hours befor ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Sat, Jul 05 2008
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Three Gorges releases water in wake of rain » Shanghai Daily THE Three Gorges Dam Project has started discharging water to lower the reservoir level after excessive rainfall. The inflow was 34,500 cubic meters a second at 8am yesterday, up from 27,000 six hours before.... |
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Three Gorges project 'under control' » People's Daily Officials behind the massive Three Gorges Dam are preparing to plug any holes in the project even as waters in its reservoir peak in two years. Since the 2,309-m-long dam was erected in 2003, the water level in the reservoir has risen in ... |
| 08 Nov 08 |
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Three Gorges project reaches water storage target for 2008 » Shanghai Daily THE Three Gorges Project has completed trial water storage operations for the year, with the water level in the reservoir exceeding 172 meters. As of Tuesday, the water level had risen 27.3 m since Sept. 28,when... |
| 08 Nov 08 |
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Three Gorges project reaches water storage target for 2008 » People's Daily The Three Gorges Project has completed trial water storage operations for the year, with the water level in the reservoir exceeding 172 meters. As of Tuesday, the water level had risen 27.3 m since Sept. 28,when this year's storage plan began,... |