WASER/IAHR-APD/IRTCES Study Tour to the Three Gorges Project held at Yichang, Hubei Province, China

The “WASER/IAHR-APD/IRTCES Study Tour to the Three Gorges Project ” organized by WASER (World Association for Sediment and Erosion Research), IAHR-APD ( Asian and Pacific Division Committee of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research ) and IRTCES ( the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation ) is open today at the site of the partially completed Three Gorges Project (TGP) on the Yangtze River near Yichang of Hubei Province in China.

The one-week study tour activity attracts about 30 young hydraulic engineers, scientists and doctoral students from China, Italy, India, Iran, USA and Japan. In the due course, they will share the achievements of Chinese hydraulic Engineers and Scientists, such as sedimentation and Erosion problems of TGP, impacts of large-scale hydro-projects on fluvial sediment transport and integrated river management; they will also visit the TGP dam site, TGP experimental model in Wuhan, Gezhouba Hydro-project which is 38km down-stream of the TGP dam site, Yichang Hydrological station and tour some scenic spots,

Openning Ceremony

Prof. Lee Joseph Hun-wei giving speech

Technical Session

During the study tour to the TGP, five well-known experts, i.e. Prof. Lee JHW, Prof. Wang Zhaoyin Prof. Wang Rushu Prof. Dai Huichao and Prof. Yang Baihua, were invited to deliver lectures on various subjects and a technical workshop was also organized for all the participants of the study tour.

During the study tour to the TGP, the participants visited many hydro-projects, institute and stations.

Prof. Wang Rushu explaining technical aspects on TGP

On the evening of August 14, a farewell banquet and closing ceremony of the WASER/IAHR-APD/IRTCES Study Tour to the TGP was held. The Secretary General of WASER, Prof. Wang Zhaoyin awarded certificates with signature of Prof. Des Walling, President of WASER, Prof. Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Chairman of IAHR-APD and Prof. Kuang Shangfu, Director of IRTCES to participants for the tour.

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