What are the dangers of the Three Gorges Project?

The hazards include:

1. Humanistic impact:

1. After the reservoir is filled with water, the canyon feel of the Three Gorges will It will be weakened to a certain extent. At the same time, the area around the Three Gorges was the intersection of Ba culture and Chu culture in ancient times.

2. There are more than 1,200 proven cultural relics in the reservoir submerged area. The cultural relics department has begun rescue excavations since 1992. It is expected that the rescue and protection will be completed before the water filling is completed in 2009.

3. In addition, *** has also set up special projects and allocated special funds for the protection of key national cultural relics protection units and other important ancient architectural cultural relics.

2. Environmental impact:

1. The environmental impact of the Three Gorges Project comes from the pollution of the reservoir.

2. The sewage and domestic garbage discharged by towns and tourists on both sides of the Three Gorges are directly discharged into the Yangtze River without treatment.

After the water is impounded, due to the static flow of water, pollutants cannot drain down in time and are accumulated in the reservoir. This has caused the deterioration of water quality and floating garbage, and may cause infectious diseases. Some cities and towns have used other water sources to The collection of domestic water and the simultaneous reclamation of wasteland by large numbers of immigrants have also aggravated water pollution and caused soil erosion.

3. The Three Gorges Project will have an impact on the surrounding ecology. Because of the dam obstruction, fish will not be able to pass through the Three Gorges normally, and their living habits and genetics will change.

After the Three Gorges is fully impounded, more than 560 species of rare terrestrial plants will be submerged. However, most of them are also distributed above the submergence line, and only two species are sparsely flowered water cypress and lotus leaf maidenhair fern. Completely below the submergence line, all have been relocated.

Extended information:

1. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest engineering project in China's history.

The many issues such as immigration and environment caused by it have always been accompanied by huge controversy from the moment it was started.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has more than ten functions, including shipping, power generation, planting, etc.

2. The construction of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station was approved by the National People's Congress of China in 1992. Construction officially started in 1994. Water storage and power generation began on the afternoon of June 1, 2003, and was completed in 2009.

3. The last hydropower unit of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station was put into operation on July 4, 2012. This means that the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, with an installed capacity of 22.4 million kilowatts, became the largest in the world on July 4, 2012. hydroelectric power stations and clean energy production bases.