Where is the Three Gorges Water Control Project?

The Three Gorges Water Control Project is located in Yichang City, Hubei Province.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station, namely the Yangtze Three Gorges Water Control Project, is also called the Three Gorges Project. The Xilingxia reach of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, and the Gezhouba Hydropower Station in the lower reaches form a cascade hydropower station.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest construction project in China. However, many problems caused by it, such as immigration, environment and so on, have been accompanied by great controversy since the moment it started construction.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has more than ten functions such as shipping, power generation and planting. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station was approved by the National People's Congress of China in 1992 and officially started construction in 1994. On the afternoon of June 1 2003, water storage and power generation began, and it was fully completed in 2009.

Environmental Impact of Three Gorges Water Control Project

The environmental impact of the Three Gorges Project comes from reservoir pollution. 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 water storage, because the water flow is still, pollutants can't flow down in time and accumulate in the reservoir, which causes water quality deterioration and garbage floating, and may cause infectious diseases. Some towns collect domestic water from other sources, and at the same time, a large number of immigrants reclaim wasteland, which also aggravates water pollution and causes soil erosion.

In this regard, the local government is vigorously building sewage treatment plants and landfills to solve the pollution problem. If it is found that the pollution is too serious, it is also possible to build a dam to increase the flow to realize water exchange.

The Three Gorges Project will have an impact on the surrounding ecology. Because of the dam, fish can't pass through the Three Gorges normally, and their living habits and heredity will change. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, more than 560 species of rare terrestrial plants will be submerged, but most of them are also distributed above the submerged line. Only Selaginella laxiflora and Clematis chinensis are completely below the submerged line and have been transplanted.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Gorges Water Control Project.