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08-14-2008, 10:20 PM
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Dam official: silting in Three Gorges Dam less serious than expected
The silting problem in China's mega Three Gorges project is much less serious than expected, said a senior dam official Thursday. The volume of silt carried downriver to the dam area has been one third of that before the reservoir was impounded in 2003, said Cao Guangjing, vice general manager of the China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC), at a press conference here Thursday. "Four major factors contributed to this," he said. He noted that the environmental protec ...
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