Chinese+Govt+Pd1



//Group Members: Meredith Huddle, Nick D’Addio, Danielle Sponseller, Jennifer LeMay, Jake Hoppel, and Michael Fried//

  __ **Three Gorges Dam** __ **Construction period: 1993-2009** 
 * The construction of the Three Gorges Dam is utterly essential to the future growth of China. The dam will make a tremendous positive impact on China, especially in the Three Gorges area. The production of hydroelectric power from the Three Gorges Dam will be the most from any dam project in the world. The hydroelectric power produced by the dam is perfectly clean and will eliminate China’s over-reliance on eco-destructive coal. The dam also controls flooding in this area to such an extent that 15 million people will be relieved of this chronic threat. The Three Gorges Dam will provide easy navigation, encouraging constant trade, transportation, and further development of China. The dam will also stand as a primary source of irrigation for the rural areas throughout China that rely heavily on agriculture. The Three Gorges Dam will be immensely beneficial, but at the same time will be and already is a very controversial project. The erection of this massive structure will lead to pollution and degradation of the surrounding environment in the water and out. Resettlement, ecological threats, and countless cases of corruption all surround the dam. In spite of these factors, the Three Gorges Dam is inevitably the future of China. **
 * Location: Three Gorges, China**
 * Cost: $24 billion**
 * Dimensions: 606 feet high, 6,500 feet across **
 * Dam/Reservoir Capacity: 39.3 billion cubic meters**
 * Materials: Concrete, Rolled steel, timber**
 * Energy Production: 84 billion kilowatts per year**