The Three Gorges Dam project (TGDP), with a total static investment of 95.46 billion RMB (US$10.97 billion) based on the 1993 price level, commenced in 1994 and was completed in 2012. The creation of the Three Gorges Reservoir following the completion of the TGDP had brought about significant changes to the Three Gorges Reservoir Region (TGRR), stretching from the town of Sandouping in Hubei Pr...

Background Lower-riparian Bangladesh and upper-riparian India share more than 50 international rivers (Adel 2012: 528; Riaz 2011: 106; Islam 1992: 204; Ahmed 2012: 51; Afroz and Rahman 2013: 100).1 Needless to say, historically these rivers are very important, playing a vital part in many ways in people’s lives, such as, in agriculture and fisheries, vegetation and greenery, urban and rural wat...

The Murray-Darling Basin is characterised by low but highly variable rainfall and surface runoff and a high level of surface water use. Regulation has altered the stream flow pattern dramatically, affecting river dependent ecosystems. Responsibility for land and water management is fragmented, producing varying (and sometimes disparate) policies, management, and modelling approaches. The Murray...

In recent years, water shortage is becoming one of the most serious problems in the Poyang Lake. In this paper, the long-term water balance items of the Poyang Lake have been analyzed to reveal the coupling effects of Three Gorges Dam (TGD) and droughts on the water balance of Poyang Lake. The results indicate that: (1) the water balance items of Poyang Lake vary greatly, e.g. lake precipitatio...

In this study, the concentrations of Zn and Cr in downstream waters from Uzunçayır Dam (Tunceli, Turkey) were monitored during spring (March, April, May) and summer (June, July, August) season. Zinc and Cr concentrations in surface water samples were detected using the ICP-MS device. According to the data obtained the lowest Zn and Cr concentrations in the spring season were 65.43±3.2 μg/L in M...

Objectives of the study were to 1) describe body composition and composition of gain of crossbred steers sired by Angus, Hereford, Belgian Blue, or Piedmontese sires from Angus, Hereford, or MARC III dams and 2) determine the influence of sire and dam type on energy utilization during the finishing period. Beginning at 330 kg, 70 steers were adjusted to a high-corn diet and individual feeding. ...

water. The River Omo, site of the Gibe dam, flows south into Kenya and Lake Turkana. Some estimates suggest the country has the potential to generate 45,000 MW of hydroelectric power. While work continues on Gibe III, Ethiopia has already approved plans for several new schemes, including a giant 2,100 MW project on the Blue Nile and a number of other dams have already been built or are close to...

farmers in the indus basin, pakistan have generally switched to groundwater for additional water supplies due to the irregular supply of irrigation water; currently over 50% of the agricultural land in the basin is at least partially irrigated by tube-wells. these wells pump fresh groundwater, which essentially is the result of massive leakage from irrigation canals into the originally saltwate...