ARI PHILIPS & RILEIGH GREUTERT Three Gorges Dam ( 长江三峡水利枢纽工程 )

History Began serious consideration after floods in 50’s 1979 – Began construction It was built for monument effect rather than efficiency Completed 2006

Engineering 610 ft. tall 1.3 miles wide Creates 400 mile reservoir Stores 5 trillion gallons of water Can withstand 7.0 earthquake

Social/ Economic Implications Displaced 1.6 Million people due to massive floods Largest displacement in the world due to flooding 13 cities, 140 towns, 1350 villages flooded Improves shipping conditions along the YangZi

Environmental Impacts Massive reservoir increases drought. Erosion of downstream (Landslides ect.)  *Causes threat to large fisheries Submerged hundreds of factories, mines and waste dumps  *Caused extreme water pollution

Electrical Output: 34 Generators Capacity of 22,500 MegaW 10% of China’s power By August 6, 2011 had generated 500TWh

Works Cited gorges-dam gorges-dam Waste_management Waste_management