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The South–North Water Transfer Project, also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, [1] is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in China that aims to channel 44.8 cubic kilometers (44.8 billion cubic meters) of fresh water each year [2] from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through three canal systems: [3]
#6 Tunnel, Yellow River Diversion to Shanxi South Line Shanxi, China 14,400 m (8.948 mi) 2002 See South–North Water Transfer Project: Water supply Ala Mountain Pass Water Supply Project Xinjiang, China 14,346 m (8.914 mi) 2010 Road Twin Tube Ovit Tunnel [81] Erzurum Province–Rize Province, Turkey 14,346 m (8.914 mi) 2018 Metro
[citation needed] [needs update] The central government has also made the main route of the Grand Canal the eastern path of the South-North Water Diversion Project, using enormous pumping stations to redirect water from the Yangtze Delta to the drier north. The canal became greatly polluted during China's industrialization.
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Following the decision to go forth with and begin building the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in 2002, there was a great deal of pushback regarding economic justification, local community disruption and relocation, and environmental strain on southern China. [50]
The western route of the South–North Water Transfer Project in China, which foresees to divert water from the headwater of Yangtze (and possibly also the headwaters of Mekong or Salween downstream) into the headwater of Yellow River. If the Mekong and Salween rivers were included in the project this would affect the downstream riparian ...
The projects encompass the West–East Gas Pipeline, [5] West-to-East Electricity Pipeline, South-to-North Water Diversion, Returning Farmland to Forestry, Geological Hazard Prevention and Control in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, Shougang Group's Relocation, the Olympic Stadium, Qinghai-Tibet Railway ...
The Ministry of Water Resources also absorbed the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee and the South-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee ...