1st Ld-Writethru: China says silt in Three Gorges Dam area under control

Xinhua News Agency | November 27, 2007 | Copyright

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Silt accumulation will not be a problem for the massive reservoir of the Three Gorges dam project,Chinese officials said here on Tuesday.

Wang Xiaofeng, director of the office of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State Council, said through careful planning silt accumulation at the 660-kilometer-long reservoir, the world's largest water conservation project in Hubei Province, was less than 40 percent of the annual projected figure.

"We anticipated the reservoir would accumulate 530 ...

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