South-to-North Water Diversion Project to transfer 58.6 billion cubic meters of water north over 8 years
People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily Overseas Edition, Beijing, December 12 (Reporter Pan Xutao) December 12 is the eighth anniversary of the full opening of the first phase of the east and middle routes of the south-north water diversion project. Over the past eight years, the project has transferred 58.6 billion cubic meters of water north, directly benefiting more than 150 million people and helping 42 large and medium-sized cities along the way to optimize their economic development model.
This is what the reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources. On December 12, 2014, the first phase of the East and Middle Routes of the South to North Water Diversion Project achieved full water access. So far, the project has been moving forward safely and smoothly. In August this year, all 155 project design units passed the completion acceptance by the Ministry of Water Resources, laying a solid foundation for the formal acceptance of completion of the next project.
Statistics show that since the south-north water diversion project was fully opened, the annual water transfer volume has increased from more than 2 billion cubic meters to nearly 10 billion cubic meters. Among them, the south water diverted from the central line has passed from the planned auxiliary water source to the main water source in the water receiving area. More than 70% of the water supply in Beijing urban area it is water in the south, and the water supply in the main urban area of Tianjin is almost all water in the south; the water supply scope of the east line north extension project has extended to Hebei and Tianjin, improving the water supply assurance ability of water receiving areas.
