This irrigation-efficient system, Khodpe was told, could double crop yields and save up to 60% of the water that flood irrigation methods consume.

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Dams offer a renewable energy source, providing the means for irrigation, transportation and flood protection.

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For instance, Zheng notes that China's local governments love large-scale flood control and hydroelectric projects and ignore smaller-scale efforts to improve irrigation and provide drinking water.

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Lakes and reservoirs provide a range of resource values, including drinking water, irrigation water, navigation, fisheries, tourism, recreation, flood and drought management, climate mediation, as well as having religious and historic values.

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