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Damming Completed at Yellow River Water Control Project

Damming of the Yellow River at its upper reaches was completed Sunday for the construction of the Shapotou Water Control Project in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China.


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Damming of the Yellow River at its upper reaches was completed Sunday for the construction of the Shapotou Water Control Project in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China.

The project has been listed as one of the key projects in the country's strategic plan of developing the backward and vast western region.

The project, with a designed water storage capacity of 26 million cubic meters and an installed power generating capacity of 120,000 KW, will be able to irrigate 89,000 ha. of farmland in the arid region.

Construction of the whole project is to be completed in 2004, at a cost of 1.28 billion yuan (154 million US dollars).



Shapotou Water Control Project
The construction of the water-conservancy project at Shapotou on the Yellow River will improve the irrigation conditions along the Yellow River in Ningxia, as well as improve the guarantee rate and water utility efficiency of areas currently irrigated by the Yellow River. While improving the comprehensive productivity of agriculture in this region, the project will control the total amount of water drawn from the Yellow River, increase the power supply, help the inhabitants in mountainous areas rise out of poverty as soon as possible, and foster the rapid development of the rural economy in this region.
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