The project restricts the amount of water flowing downstream by storing it in its reservoir, which has been at least 10 metres (33 feet) higher than its official warning level for more than a month.
The facility was forced to raise water discharge volumes on Tuesday in order to "reduce flood control pressures", the water ministry said.
Authorities have been at pains to show that the cascade of giant dams and reservoirs built along the Yangtze's upper reaches have shielded the region from the worst of the floods this year, although critics say they might be making things worse - link
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