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dam-l Lower Reaches of Yellow River have water again

Interesting that the WB is currently helping fund Xiaolangdi Dam on the
middle Yellow which presumably is going to make these downstream problems
even worse.

>>WARNING: TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT
>>
>>SERIAL:  OW2511084997
>>PASS:    COPY TO GSG/TEN
>>
>>COUNTRY: CHINA
>>SUBJ:    LOWER REACHES OF YELLOW RIVER HAVE WATER AGAIN
>>
>>SOURCE:  BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0732 GMT 25 NOV 97
>>TEXT:
>>
>>   [FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT]  ZHENGZHOU, NOVEMBER 25 (XINHUA) -- THE
>>LOWER REACHES OF THE YELLOW RIVER ENDED A 220-DAY DRY SPELL ON
>>NOVEMBER 21 AFTER A DRY SEASON AND INCREASED WATER USE BY INDUSTRY
>>AND AGRICULTURE LED TO DRYING UP ALONG PARTS OF THE RIVER.
>>   THE SITUATION HAD GOTTEN VERY SERIOUS THIS YEAR, AND PARTS OF
>>SHANDONG PROVINCE, WHERE PEOPLE RELY ON YELLOW RIVER WATER FOR
>>INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND DAILY USE, WERE HAVING A CRISIS.
>>   BY NOVEMBER, SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD DIFFICULTY
>>OBTAINING DRINKING WATER.  IN SOME AREAS THERE WAS LITTLE WATER
>>LEFT AND THE WATER IN STOCK COULD ONLY LAST UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER,
>>SAID LOCAL SOURCES.
>>   THE CHINA NATIONAL FLOOD AND DROUGHT PREVENTION GENERAL
>>HEADQUARTERS ISSUED AN EMERGENCY CIRCULAR EARLY THIS MONTH CALLING
>>FOR MORE WATER DISCHARGED FROM RESERVOIRS ON THE UPPER REACHES OF
>>THE YELLOW RIVER AND AN EFFORT WAS MADE BY CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS,
>>WATER CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROVINCES AND AUTONOMOUS
>>REGION.
>>   THIS WAS THE FOURTH SUCH ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN THIS YEAR.
>>   RESERVOIRS AT SANMENXIA AND LIUJIAXIA HAVE INCREASED THE AMOUNT
>>OF WATER DISCHARGED, AND HENAN, SHAANXI, AND SHANXI PROVINCES, THE
>>NINGXIA HUI AND INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGIONS HAVE REDUCED THE
>>AMOUNT OF WATER BEING TAKEN FROM THE RIVER FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
>>AGRICULTURAL USE.
>>   THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.  COPYING AND
>>DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT
>>OWNERS.
>>(ENDALL) 250732 FOAD
>>
>>
>>                       UNCLASSIFIED