Maya,lars.and+Alix



**The Three Gorges Dam has a few pro's, but may con's. For example this large construction project cost more than virtually any other single construction project in history. Already 1.1 million people have been removed and soon an additional 4 million will be moved. This is also hurting the remaining people due to rising water, dozens of local fisherman will starve. One fisherman is quoted as saying "The fish hide in the middle of the reservoir where the water is deepest and the dense water plants prevent our nets from catching them." This is changing the course of nature diverting the life giving river into a different area. This isn't solving a problem ,it's just diverting the problem which will hurt the Chinese later.** **Pollutants, and garbage accumulate behind this massive wall (dam) 10 million or more stay their instead dumping out to sea. Abusing the beautiful scenery around it littering the reservoir with corpses.bottles,even trees. Along with that 265 gallons of raw sewage dumped into the the reservoir every year. This caused the reservoir to flood making local residents abandon 1600 building whether it be homes or factories. This series of** **tragedies ** **affects more or less 50,000 people.**
 * The dam is also hurting people inside the massive fortress called a dam. Once a blue Algae outbreak on Lake Tai in Wuxi city rendered tap water undrinkable for over 80% of the residents. Another major problem are rocks causing slits in the river. They make a heavy slit and it takes an extremely intense current to move them down. 600 million tons of these slits enter the reservoir each year while the dam slows the rushing of the water making it nearly impossible to move the slits over. After a while they will accumulate and divert the water even more![[image:flood-water-threatens-three-gorges-dam_5106.jpg width="400" height="264" align="left"]] **


 **The Three Gorges Dam appears to be creating energy efficient energy, but at the same time it is harming the environment. The Three Gorges Dam is hurting the land, animals and people who live near it. For example, it causes landslides along the sides of the reservoir. It hurts the animals by not allowing them to cross to the other side where they can reproduce. It hurts people because so many have had to move because of flooding and some people want the environment to be protected.**


 * One animal, the Yangtze River Dolphin was very harmed by the pollution. The Yangtze Dolphin couldn't jump the dam to reproduce where they wanted to. Fishermen continued to catch and kill this dolphin also. Today, people believe that the Yangtze River Dolphin is extinct. The last time anybody saw one was 2002. There was a fuzzy video from 2006 that looked like it might be the dolphin so it has remained on the endangered list. But now scientists believe that it is gone forever.**





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