A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
To achieve domestic food security and help alleviate poverty, China is undertaking ambitious water transfer projects as a means of optimizing management of its water resources. This article proposes a three‐part approach to south‐to‐north water diversion in China. The plan consists of an extension to the current middle route, an alternative (and expanded) western route, and a trunk canal system to transfer water to the northwest. The proposed project would be undertaken in four stages; costs and benefits of each stage are included here. With the completion of the plan, the total annual capacity of south‐to‐north water diversion in China would be 238 × 109 m3. Total project investment is estimated at 3,147 billion yuan ($498 billion). Major benefits generated by the project include annual income of 287 billion yuan ($45 billion) through sales of water and hydropower, addition of 44.3 × 106 ha (109 × 106 acres) of irrigated arable land, relocation of 66.5 × 106 inhabitants to newly irrigated regions, and conversion of 470,000 km2 (181,468 sq mi) of desert to irrigated land and forest to provide wind shelter and preserve topsoil.
To achieve domestic food security and help alleviate poverty, China is undertaking ambitious water transfer projects as a means of optimizing management of its water resources. This article proposes a three‐part approach to south‐to‐north water diversion in China. The plan consists of an extension to the current middle route, an alternative (and expanded) western route, and a trunk canal system to transfer water to the northwest. The proposed project would be undertaken in four stages; costs and benefits of each stage are included here. With the completion of the plan, the total annual capacity of south‐to‐north water diversion in China would be 238 × 109 m3. Total project investment is estimated at 3,147 billion yuan ($498 billion). Major benefits generated by the project include annual income of 287 billion yuan ($45 billion) through sales of water and hydropower, addition of 44.3 × 106 ha (109 × 106 acres) of irrigated arable land, relocation of 66.5 × 106 inhabitants to newly irrigated regions, and conversion of 470,000 km2 (181,468 sq mi) of desert to irrigated land and forest to provide wind shelter and preserve topsoil.
A joint water diversion plan for China
Liang, Shumin (author)
Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 105 ; E264-E277
2013-05-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English