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Little water
pollution seen in Yangtze's upper reaches: Dam
builder
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YICHANG,
May 14 (Xinhua) -- Water quality at the upper reaches of the Yangtze
River, China's longest waterway, has remained unchanged after the Three
Gorges Dam began storing water in 2003, says a chief builder of the
project.
"The dam area has
maintained a sound ecological environment and water in the Yangtze's upper
reaches is still up to drinking standards," said Xie Xiufa, a water
conservancy specialist and senior engineer with the Yangtze River Water
Resources Committee, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on
Sunday. Full story
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Expert: Three Gorges project
expected to save 50 mln tons of coal annually
WUHAN, May 14
(Xinhua) -- As a clean energy project, operation of the Three Gorges Project,
the world's largest hydropower project, will help China reduce consumption of 50
million tons of coal per year, thus benefiting the environment in China and its
neighboring countries.
Xie Xiufa, a senior engineer
with the Three Gorges Bureau under the Yangtze River Water Resources Committee,
said in an interview with Xinhua the generating capacity of the Three Gorges
power plant is equivalent to seven thermal power plants with each having an
installed capacity of 2.6 million kilowatts. Full story
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