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Tour of Facilities and Earthquake Management Works
at Tone Canal Management and Construction Office Exclusively for the Press 9 February, 2018

Tone CanalTone Canal Projects aimed at water intake from Tone River and supplying irrigation water to the middle reaches of Tone River basin areas, which had unstable water supply and also coping with the increasing water demand in Metropolitan Tokyo, which were challenging the success of Tokyo Olympics and related events at that time. The project started in November 1963 and completed in March 1968. So this year we are going to have 50th anniversary.
Our facilities have been supporting the lives of Metropolitan Tokyo by providing Tokyo and Saitama with urban water and irrigation water for the stable harvest of agricultural produce for the area, thus contributing to the rapid development of modernization in metropolitan areas.
Commemorating this milestone, we are inviting the press and related people to our facilities under the following timeline so that they would have the chance of deepening their understanding of the key functions of our facilities as well as large-scale earthquake management works now being underway for our facilities.
Special Remarks
We are sorry to say that the tour will be conducted in Japanese only, including the handouts this time.
Event Facility Tour for the press and related people
Date and time 22 February, 2018 from 10:00-11:30
In case of bad weather, the tour date will be put off till 26 February, 2018 from 13:10-14:40.
In the event of postponing the tour, we will post to that effect on our website by 17:00 on 21 February.
Location Tone Canal Management and Construction Office
4369 Funakawa, Suka, Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture
Phone:048-557-1501
Timetable 10:00-10:35 Briefing of outline of the project, and the large-scale earthquake management project works
10:40-10:50 Explanation of the outside facilities in brief from the roof of the office building
(including the Tone Barrage)
11:00-11:20 Visit to the sites where a large-scale earthquake measures are being implemented
11:30 Tour will be over.
Application for the tour participation Those who are eligible for this tour is limited to the press or related organization staff only.
The one to make a request should send either e-mail to the following address or fax to the following number:
E-mail wardec-t@mxv.mesh.ne.jp
Fax 048-557-1506
Deadline 20 February, 2018
Remarks When applying for the tour attendance, please write down the following info:
Name of your company
Name of the reporter(s) to participate in the tour
N.B. Their website
https://www.water.go.jp/kanto/tone/ (Only Japanese)

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