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Photo: Construction of the subsurface dam-Construction of the subsurface dam-The subsurface dam was constructed by excavating the aquifer layer up to the basement rock, <strong>and</strong>building a dam body. The pressed part in the photo is the dam body. Parallel to the construction ofthe dam body, the excavated space of both the upstream <strong>and</strong> downstream sides of it was backfilled.Finally, the dam body was completely buried under ground.

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