South-North Water Transfer Project

South-North Water Transfer Project

Delivering mass infrastructures consistently, effectively and efficiently, the South-North Water Transfer/Diversion Project is one of the biggest project ever to be implemented, spanning over many decades. “Its main aim is to divert 44.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water annually from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through three canal systems:

·         Eastern Route through the course of the Grand Canal;

·         Central route flowing from Han River (a tributary of Yangtze River) to Beijing and Tianjin

·         Western route which goes from three tributaries of Yangtze River to provinces like Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia”(Wikipedia)

With declining levels of groundwater, and decreasing groundwater, this project will be beneficial to more than 200 million people in the North region of China. The main beneficiary will also be the ever-growing network of cities & industries in China.