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Water of good quality is one of the basic needs of human life. Worldwide, great efforts are being undertaken for an assured water supply. In this respect, one of the largest water technology projects worldwide is the Yangtze Three Gorges Dam in China. There is a need for extensive scientific and technical understanding of the challenges arising from this large hydrological engineering project. German and Chinese groups from various scientific fields are collaborating to provide knowledge for the sustainable management of the reservoir. In this project description, the Yangtze Three Gorges Dam Project, its goals and challenges, are described in brief, and the contributions of the German research projects are presented.
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Bergmann, A., Bi, Y., Chen, L. et al. The Yangtze-Hydro Project: a Chinese–German environmental program. Environ Sci Pollut Res 19, 1341–1344 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-011-0645-7
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