Navigation delays are set to begin Sept. 15 at the Three Gorges dam, as construction work on the shiplock will reduce traffic to single file and significantly curtail the volume of freight that can pass through the dam in the next year.
Single-way traffic only on Yangtze River near Three Gorges project area
Traffic at the Three Gorges dam shiplock slowed drastically Friday as year-long construction work began. Traffic can now move in only one direction, alternating every 24 hours.
German intervention puts Fu Xiancai in top hospital – but villagers harassed over investigation
HRIC has learned that intervention by the German media has resulted in injured Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai gaining admittance to one of China’s best rehabilitation hospitals. Meanwhile, local officials are harassing his friends and family.
Three Gorges water level to rise Wednesday
The water level in the Three Gorges reservoir will rise from the current 135 metres to 148 metres by Oct. 1 and then to 156 metres by mid-October after a break of two days so engineers can monitor the effects on the dam, Xinhua reports.
In key step for Gorges, water levels increase
The Three Gorges reservoir will be raised a maximum of five metres a day so that drought-fighting efforts and water usage in downstream areas are not affected, Xinhua reports.
Three Gorges reservoir battles garbage
Rising water levels in the Three Gorges reservoir will increase the amount of garbage floating around the dam, harming the environment and threatening river traffic, an official with the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation said yesterday.
Floating garbage piling up in Three Gorges dam
As the water in the reservoir is set to rise to increase the hydroelectric potential of the dam, a lot of garbage on the banks will end up floating in its huge reservoir, a top Three Gorges Corp. official says.
Three Gorges gates near completion
The Three Gorges dam will be thoroughly tested by the elements during next summer’s flood season, when it will have to hold back water up to 170 metres deep.
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Water crisis exacerbated by games, report says
(June 27, 2008) The Olympics is contributing to Beijing’s worsening water crisis by increasing use of it for sports venues and prestige projects like giant musical fountains, according to a report released by Probe International.
Beijing’s water policies add to crisis, report says
(June 27, 2008) Water use is expected to surge by 30 percent during the Games, according to Probe International report.
Beijing ‘running out of water’
(June 27, 2008) Beijing is running out of water, says a report by Probe International.
Green Games race against grime
(July 8, 2008) In response to a Probe International report, Beijing Water Authority’s Bi Xiaogang said that the city’s heavy reliance on shrinking groundwater reserves was not ideal.
Chinese environmentalists and scholars appeal for dam safety assessments in geologically unstable south-west China
(July 8, 2008) Experts and environmental activists have submitted a petition asking the Chinese government to reassess the safety of large-scale dam projects and make their findings public.
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