Plan to top up Three Gorges reservoir is put on hold
A plan to increase water levels at China's vast Three Gorges reservoir has been put on ice, managers say, because less water than anticipated is entering the reservoir from the upper Yangtze River. Engineers had hoped to boost water levels to maximum capacity, but a drought and increased shipping increased demand for water downstream.
BBC | 11/05
This story published in ASCE SmartBrief on 11/06/2009
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