1. Negative impacts of the Three Gorges Dam
By: Kyle Burrows, Eric taylor, and Ricky Das

2. Background
Located in Hubei Province of china in the middle of the three gorges of the Yangtze river2
Largest hydroelectric dam in the world, 1.4 miles long and 607 feet tall1
Construction was completed In 2009 at an
estimated cost of 24 billion US
dollars1
Designed to produce more than 18,000
megawatts
of electricity, using 26 turbines1
China’s Enormous Three Gorges Dam
1. "China's Three Gorges Dam, by the Numbers." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 01 Nov
2. "Environmental Impacts." The Three Gorges Dam Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015

3. Negative Impact on the Environment
The number of landslides and natural disasters has increased6
Decrease in nutrients found in the water downstream from the dam5
Lower levels of dissolved oxygen in the
water downstream5
265 billion gallons of raw sewage
are dumped into the Yangtze annually 6
Three Gorges Dam
5. López-Pujol, Jordi, and Ming-Xun Ren. "Biodiversity and the Three Gorges Reservoir: A Troubled Marriage." Journal of Natural History  (2009): EBSCOhost. Web. 29 Sept
6. Wines, Michael. "China Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 May Web. 29 Sept

4. Negative Impact on the Environment
lower dissolved oxygen levels in the water down stream2
Prevents fish from traveling upstream to spawn2
large scale habitat loss and fragmentation from the filling of the reservoir5
Algae blooms easily form in the reservoir5
Depletes oxygen levels in the water5
2. "Environmental Impacts." The Three Gorges Dam Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept
5. López-Pujol, Jordi, and Ming-Xun Ren. "Biodiversity and the Three Gorges Reservoir: A Troubled Marriage." Journal of Natural History  (2009): EBSCOhost. Web. 29 Sept

5. Negative impact on Humans
About 1.3 million people were displaced, 13 cities, 140 towns, and 1,350 villages were submerged4
A further 100,000 people will need to be moved over the next few years4
Many of those who were forced to move are now homeless and jobless3
Yang Yi: Uprooted
3. Hwang, Sean-Shong, Yue Cao, and Juan Xi. "The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China’s Three Gorges: A Prospective Study." Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement 101.1 (2011):  OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Web. 27 Sept
4. Jackson, Sukhan, and Adrian Sleigh. "Resettlement for China's Three Gorges Dam: Socio-economic Impact and Institutional Tensions."Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33.2 (2000): Web. 29 Sept

6. Dams – Power Without Responsibility

7. Case Study
Sean-Shong hwang, yue cao, and juan xi conducted a study titled “The short- term impact of involuntary migration in China’s three gorges”
Results of the study:
Displaced people were forced into jobs that they didn’t have the skills for
Lower economic wellbeing
larger decline in subjective health
Increase number of cases of depression among migrants
Hwang, Sean-Shong, Yue Cao, and Juan Xi. "The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China’s Three Gorges: A Prospective Study." Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement 101.1 (2011):  OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Web. 27 Sept

8. What can be done now
Focus research into how to add more nutrients to the river including dissolved oxygen
Provide support for those who were forced to relocate
Learn from the problems with this dam
Create ways to efficiently cleanup the river
Cleanup Commences on Rubbish clogged Three Gorges Dam
6. Wines, Michael. "China Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 May Web. 29 Sept. 2015

9. References
"China's Three Gorges Dam, by the Numbers." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 01 Nov
"Environmental Impacts." The Three Gorges Dam Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept
Hwang, Sean-Shong, Yue Cao, and Juan Xi. "The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China’s Three Gorges: A Prospective Study." Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement 101.1 (2011):  OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Web. 27 Sept
Jackson, Sukhan, and Adrian Sleigh. "Resettlement for China's Three Gorges Dam: Socio-economic Impact and Institutional Tensions."Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33.2 (2000): Web. 29 Sept
López-Pujol, Jordi, and Ming-Xun Ren. "Biodiversity and the Three Gorges Reservoir: A Troubled Marriage." Journal of Natural History  (2009): EBSCOhost. Web. 29 Sept
Wines, Michael. "China Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 May Web. 29 Sept. 2015