World’s largest scale of construction, China $75 billion water diversion project benefits hundreds of millions people
World’s largest scale of construction, China $75 billion water diversion project benefits hundreds of millions people
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a key strategic infrastructure project for China to alleviate water shortage in its northern provinces. With its eastern, central and western routes, the project links China’s four main rivers — the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Haihe River, and the Yangtze River. The project has set multiple new world records, including its construction scale, water diversion distance, population benefited, population resettlement, and complexity of engineering.
A total of 22.2 billion cubic meters of water has been diverted through the eastern and central routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project so far.
The project has improved the water supply of cities along the route, which has already become a major water source for over 40 large and medium cities in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei province, Henan province and Shandong province,benefiting hundreds of millions of people.