and especially noting that the hydrologist Chen Jin had forewarned about this only for him to be ignored and politically silenced. While the lives lost were not accurately recorded. Both dams were rebuilt with Banqiao being completed in 1993and Shimantan in1996 (Cheru and Obi, 2010). While the typhoon was an element of extreme precipitation, it is a major expectation even to date in China that climate variations are always expected and often among the extreme variations in the world. Floods were also very evident in 2010 in China with effects of El Nino being the main factors behind that. This led to sedimentation and silting of the dams. This, however, was not as much as the drought that followed in the 2011. 2.1.6. Impact of the 2011 drought on hydroelectric production along the Yangtze River and on the Three Gorges Dam. In 2011, a major drought brought a power shortage in China. The Hubei Lake that harbors the greatest HEP project on earth, the Three Gorges Project (TGP) shrank to only a fifth of its depth and eighth of its normal surface area. This was equivalent with its water levels falling to 152.7 meters, which was far below the 156 meters mark necessary for the effective running of its 26 turbines. By June 2011, the levels had dropped to an alarming 145meters. The drought further complicated the case since the same water was required by farmers on lower parts of the Yangtze River on which the project is located for irrigation purposes. Thus, despite the water scarcity, still water was allowed to flow downstream to save the farmers' situation as well. The condition not only affected the TGP but also another 1392 other dams whose power production capacity and ability were completely depleted for a greater part of 2011. The depth of the river itself had plunged to 6 meters lower than it was in 2010.
and especially noting that the hydrologist Chen Jin had forewarned about this only for him to be ignored and politically silenced. While the lives lost were not accurately recorded. Both dams were rebuilt with Banqiao being completed in 1993and Shimantan in1996 (Cheru and Obi, 2010). While the typhoon was an element of extreme precipitation, it is a major expectation even to date in China that climate variations are always expected and often among the extreme variations in the world. Floods were also very evident in 2010 in China with effects of El Nino being the main factors behind that. This led to sedimentation and silting of the dams. This, however, was not as much as the drought that followed in the 2011. 2.1.6. Impact of the 2011 drought on hydroelectric production along the Yangtze River and on the Three Gorges Dam. In 2011, a major drought brought a power shortage in China. The Hubei Lake that harbors the greatest HEP project on earth, the Three Gorges Project (TGP) shrank to only a fifth of its depth and eighth of its normal surface area. This was equivalent with its water levels falling to 152.7 meters, which was far below the 156 meters mark necessary for the effective running of its 26 turbines. By June 2011, the levels had dropped to an alarming 145meters. The drought further complicated the case since the same water was required by farmers on lower parts of the Yangtze River on which the project is located for irrigation purposes. Thus, despite the water scarcity, still water was allowed to flow downstream to save the farmers' situation as well. The condition not only affected the TGP but also another 1392 other dams whose power production capacity and ability were completely depleted for a greater part of 2011. The depth of the river itself had plunged to 6 meters lower than it was in 2010.
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