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55.South-to-North Water Diversion Project will solve the water shortage problem of Tianjin completely
http://www.tj-summerdavos.cn    2008-09-19 11:53

The Tianjin trunk line of the phase I projectof the middle-route construction of Southto-North Water Diversion Project will officiallystart construction in September of 2008. Accordingto Bureau of Water Resources of Tianjin,the designing job of the project has beenfinished. At present, preparations for the construction,including land-acquisition, residentresettlement and bidding and tendering, are infull swing in accordance with the law.

According to General Layout of South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the project includesthree water-transferring routes, namelythe east, middle and west. The middle route,involving 13 billion cubic meters of water tobe transferred, had kicked off construction in2003. Construction of the middle route hasbeen split into two phases.

The middle route project will draw water fromDanjiangkou Reservoir at the middle area ofHanjiang River, which is a branch of the YangtzeRiver. The backbone canal starts from the Taochahinge of Danjiangkou Reservoir, crossingthe Yellow River at the west of Zhengzhou, andthen basically going up along the eastern footof Taihang Mountain and Jingguang (Beijing toGuangzhou) railway line. The canal splits intotwo branches at North-west of Heishan village,Xushui county, Baoding city of Hebei Province,where is 1,120 kilometers away from the startingpoint of the backbone line. From that point,one branch goes north to feed water for Beijing,and the other goes east to Tianjin, which is theTianjin trunk line. The water will flow to Beijingand Tianjin naturally, passing Hebei and Henanprovinces. The total length is 1,432 kilometers,with the Tianjin trunk line being 155 kilometers.

The trunk line project of Tianjin is responsiblefor providing water for some water-short countiesor cities of Baoding and Langfang of HebeiProvince and Tianjin as well.

According to departments of water resources,the backbone canal in Henan and Hebei Provinceswill take the form of enclosed, lined andflyover surface channel. The Beijing part willuse buried transferring pipeline and box culvert.The trunk line in Tianjin will adopt buriedtransferring box culvert.

According to Bureau of Water Resources ofTianjin, the Tianjin trunk line and its supportingpipeline networks will be completed in 5 years.Eventually, Tianjin will construct an urban watersupplying system, which draws water from theYangtze River, the Luanhe River and also theYellow River in an emergency. The system willbe connected to each other to better allocatewater resources, guaranteeing safe water supplyto residents’ everyday life, the city’s industriesand the environment. It will contribute tosustainable development of the Tianjin societyas a whole.

The South-to-North Water Diversion Projectis an extraordinary strategic infrastructure ofChina, which aims to perfect water resourceallocation across river basins and differentareas. This project will alleviate water shortagein Tianjin, pushing forward the development ofthe Binhai New Area and promoting sustainabledevelopment of the city.


From:Enorth.com.cn    Editor: Zhao Jing
 
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