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50 million thankful for diversion project
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More than 50 million people in north China have benefited from a massive water diversion project that pumps water from the Yangtze in the south to the draught-prone north, officials said yesterday.
Since coming into operation in late 2014, the middle route of the south-to-north water diversion project had transferred 9.6 billion cubic meters of water, benefiting 53.1 million people, as of Wednesday, they said.
The middle route of the project carries water through canals and pipes from Danjiangkou reservoir in central China鈥檚 Hubei Province to the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, and the provinces of Hebei and Henan. The project has supplied 2.6 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing, serving 11 million people.
Currently about 70 percent of Beijing鈥檚 water supply comes from the project. The city鈥檚 per capita water resources have increased from 100 to 150 cubic meters. Previously the city鈥檚 supply came mainly from underground water.
Officials said that, as a result of the project, underground water levels had started to rise in some areas suffering from over exploitation.
The project has also helped improve agricultural production and river and lake environments.
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