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New environment protection facilities at Three Gorges dam

YICHANG (CHINA): Environment protection measures are high on the agenda as China’s gigantic Three Gorges dam project heads toward completion this year, said the dam builders. According to the ongoing work conference at the year beginning of the China Three Gorges Project Corporation, more environmental facilities will be built this year to deal with and guard against environmental problems in the dam area.

The facilities include the new Yingzizui water plant, Letianxi waste water processing factory, a processing ground to handle algae blooms and silt in the dammed water and a breeding centre for protected fish species in the upper reaches of the river. Plans have also been made to deal with cave-ins, debris slides and other geological hazards along highways that run through the area and to reinforce reservoir banks with more trees.

Li Yong’an, director of the corporation, told his staff that the success of the dam would boost China’s pride and world standing. — Xinhua

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