The dam was completed in 2006, and the reservoir is being filled up in stages before it reaches the final height of 175 meters by 2009.
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此次旱情属50年一遇,目前,长江水位处于三峡大坝2003年运营以来的最低值。
The severe drought, the 1st seen in the past half century, has kept the water level in the Yangtze the lowest since 2003, when the Three Gorges Dam went into operation.