China - Third Integrated Agriculture Intensification Loan Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 8 of 8) : Dam safety report

Page 1 WORLD BANK FUNDED CHINA IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION III PROJECT DAM SAFETY REPORT PREPARED BY STATE OFFICE OF COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT JANUARY 2005 E1114 v 8 Page 2 Table of Contents 1. Description of the dams in the project areas 2. Main problems of the 4 dangerous dams and the remedy arrangement 3. Operation of the safe dams and conclusions from their safety inspection 4. Safety control of the dams 5. Summary of the major specifications of the dams 6. Monitoring and reporting systems on dam safety Page 3 1. Description of the dams in the project areas There exist 17 dams higher than 15 meters in the 5 project provinces, which supply irrigation water to the project areas. Of which the large sized dams with a water storage capacity each of more than 100 million cubic meters account for 10 and the others are medium sized dams with a water storage capacity ranging from 10 million to 100 million cubic meters each. The 17 dams are allocated as 8 in Anhui Province, 4 in Henan Province, 3 in Shandong Province and 2 in Jiangsu Province. The 5 provincial authorities involved in the project have conducted overall inspection and safety appraisal on the 17 dams in line with the Bank