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Oh Yeah!!! South North Water Transfer
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Water transfer to benefit Beijing's eco-environment: experts
2014-10-23 08:50
XinhuaWeb Editor: Gu Liping
China's south-to-north water diversion project will effectively improve Beijing's eco-environment, with water flowing to the capital later this month connecting five major river systems, experts said.
Taking advantage of the transfer route and Beijing's present bodies of water, the project will link the Yongding River, Juma River, Chaobai River, Ju River and the Beijing section of the Grand Canal, allowing water to flow to lakes, rivers and other water sources in the capital city, according to the project's construction commission office in Beijing.
Beijing boasts more than 400 rivers with a basin of at least 10 square km each, but such water sources have dwindled following decades of development.
Xu Xinyi, dean of the College of Water Science under Beijing Normal University, said years of over exploitation of underground water has exacerbated the city's environmental woes.
"With the diversion project, Beijing's water system, particularly rivers with historical significance and cultural values, will be partly repaired," Xu told Xinhua.
The middle route of transfer project will see a massive 9.5 billion cubic meters of water per year pumped through canals and pipes from the Danjiangkou reservoir in central Hubei Province to the northern provinces of Henan and Hebei and to Beijing.
The project was conceived by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1952. The State Council approved the ambitious project in December 2002 after debate lasting nearly half a century.
2014-10-23 08:50
XinhuaWeb Editor: Gu Liping
China's south-to-north water diversion project will effectively improve Beijing's eco-environment, with water flowing to the capital later this month connecting five major river systems, experts said.
Taking advantage of the transfer route and Beijing's present bodies of water, the project will link the Yongding River, Juma River, Chaobai River, Ju River and the Beijing section of the Grand Canal, allowing water to flow to lakes, rivers and other water sources in the capital city, according to the project's construction commission office in Beijing.
Beijing boasts more than 400 rivers with a basin of at least 10 square km each, but such water sources have dwindled following decades of development.
Xu Xinyi, dean of the College of Water Science under Beijing Normal University, said years of over exploitation of underground water has exacerbated the city's environmental woes.
"With the diversion project, Beijing's water system, particularly rivers with historical significance and cultural values, will be partly repaired," Xu told Xinhua.
The middle route of transfer project will see a massive 9.5 billion cubic meters of water per year pumped through canals and pipes from the Danjiangkou reservoir in central Hubei Province to the northern provinces of Henan and Hebei and to Beijing.
The project was conceived by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1952. The State Council approved the ambitious project in December 2002 after debate lasting nearly half a century.
Northern China used to be a green place.
Weather and development of previous dynasties that required a lot of wood, destroyed the natural forest there, into a desert.
I hope the project can revive the land that we lost.
Weather and development of previous dynasties that required a lot of wood, destroyed the natural forest there, into a desert.
I hope the project can revive the land that we lost.
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The middle route of transfer project：
南水北调2013空中看中线—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看
an aerial video shot in 2013，best viewed full-screen。
One-hundred million people will benefit directly from this engineering masterpiece of an epic scale！
南水北调2013空中看中线—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看
an aerial video shot in 2013，best viewed full-screen。
One-hundred million people will benefit directly from this engineering masterpiece of an epic scale！
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Connecting 5 rivers, thats good for china. In India also, we should connect the rivers, when one state is dying in flood the other one is dying in drought. During the period of vajpayee we have this insight, hope modi will revive that...
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The west route got not much water. And environment is so fragile that diversion will cause significant impact.
I am thinking how to save India's drought problem by diverting Ganges close to Bangladesh as well. It is far more difficult that diverting Yangtze to Beijing.
Ganges river is almost close to sea level, while the central plains of India that experience drought is around 500-800 m. Imagine building a reverse 3 gorge dam x 5 (note we need to raise the water 5 times the height of 3 gorge dam).
The best way is to build a a lot nuclear plant to pump the water up 500-800 meters.
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When is china going to divert water from brahmaputra river?
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This is going to be absolutely huge.
Once the main part of the project is done, I don't think it will be too difficult to link it to the Brahmaputra.
The Yangtze alone already has an astonishing amount of water, and so does the Brahmaputra. Both originate in China thus we have full authority to do whatever we want with them.
And of course, we do not have any water-sharing agreements with any country, including the countries in SE Asia regarding the Mekong river.
Once the main part of the project is done, I don't think it will be too difficult to link it to the Brahmaputra.
The Yangtze alone already has an astonishing amount of water, and so does the Brahmaputra. Both originate in China thus we have full authority to do whatever we want with them.
And of course, we do not have any water-sharing agreements with any country, including the countries in SE Asia regarding the Mekong river.
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