NEW RIVER CHANNEL AND DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600310756-8
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 756
• Publication Date: June 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Soviet zone Germany DATE OF
INFORMATION
SUBJECT Transportation - Rivers, dams
HOW
PUBLISHED Semimonthly periodicals
WHERE
PUBLISHED Berlin, Potsdam
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TIIE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
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DATE DIST. Tun 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
NEW RIVER CHANNEL AND DAM
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
FLOOD CONTROL ON THE HAVEL -- Wirtschaft in Aufbau, No 3, 1 Feb 49
In 1949, dredging work was resumed on a new channel to divert the mouth
of the Havel river. The Havel empties into the Elbe, and during periods of
high water the level of the Elbe is higher than that of the Havel., so that the
latter backs up and floods the surrounding area. On one occasion an area of
37,000 hectares was flooded,. Although this is a very fertile areas it cannot
be used intensively for agricultural purposes because in the spring it is gen-
erally too wet for planting.
Flood.-control plans were made in 1937, but, the work which warF, begun was
interrupted by the war'. A protective wall at Q,uitzobe). has already been com-
pleted.
The new channel, which branches off from the Haval about one kilometer
above the present. mouth, will run parallel to the Elbe and will empty into it
at a point about 6.7 kilometers farther downstream, near Gnevsdorf, where the
water level is about one meter lower than at the present mouth. This means
that the flood point will be lower and flood waters will cover a smaller area.
After the new channel is completed, the old river mouth will be closed off.
The base of the new channel varies between 44 and 119 meters in width.
There is to be a retaining dam near Gnevsdorf which will keep the water in
the channel at a high enough level during the summer to alleviate drought
damage in the surrounding areas. In connection with this dam there will be
a lock for barges, a fish ladder, and a footbridge.
T1 SCSA DAM -- Die Wirtschaft, No 21, 1 Nov 49
The population of Aue has increased so greatly during the last few years
as a result of mining operations in the neighborhood that drinking water for
the area has become a problem. Therefore, construction of a large dam is
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Tr;.O.! river down tr_rough a deep, narrow valley to the resort town of lilai,en -
tix.l. i:he dam, which is being built at the river's widest p?int, will have a
nap,,ity of r, million cubic meters of drinking water. It will be ect?le to sup-
ply n:>t only Aue, but also Schneeberg-Neustadtel, the industrial viiicutes of
Laufer, Zcchorieu, Albernau, and Niederechlema, and Oberschlema Hadiwa Bath.
Tne;_e .iti!.ase5 have formed a water supply union, and have furnished large nun-?
tern o volunteers to work on the dam.
'Pap dam is ~..heduled to furnish the first drinking water iii 'cLnb r 1.950.
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