Operation of China's Two Largest Water Control Projects to be under unified Management

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Operation of China's Two Largest Water Control Projects to be under unified Management

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The electricity generating by and navigation through China's two largest water control projects on the Yangtze River will be under unified management after the Three Gorges Project begins to store water on June 1.

The move is aimed at facilitating navigation between the dams of the two projects and enhancing power generation, said a source with the Three Gorges Project Development Corporation.

The Gezhouba Water Project, completed in 1989 and located in Yichang in central China's Hubei province, about 40 kilometers downstream from the under-construction Three Gorges Project, boasts a generating capacity of 2.71 million KW along with ship lock and flood-discharge facilities.

To achieve better overall efficiency, the Three Gorges Project Development Corporation will take on the unified management including flood discharge, water storage, power generation and shipping.

Preparations for the unified management is basically ready, the source said, adding that the automatic reservoir control system and the step-control monitoring system are already operational.

The source said that, in order to meet the demands for navigation at the Gezhouba Water Project, the Three Gorges Reservoir will regulate its discharge volume at between 3,410 and 4,590 cubic meters per second during the water storage period fromJune 1-15.

The Gezhouba Water Project will be required to maintain its discharge volume at a minimum of 3,410 cubic meters per second to ensure shipping in the lower reaches of Gezhouba.

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