Drought hits water diversion project
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A planned test run of the middle route of China’s ambitious south-north water diversion project on June 1 is likely to be postponed due to drought in the area from which the water is sourced.
Liu Song, deputy head of the control center of the Danjiangkou Reservoir Management Bureau, said the water level in the reservoir was 140.1 meters yesterday, far from the required level of 170m.
The plan is for water from Danjiangkou in central China’s Hubei Province to feed into the pipeline between June 1 and August 20 on a trial basis.
After 10 years of construction, the middle route water diversion system has linked the reservoir with 19 arid cities including Beijing and Tianjin and more than 100 smaller towns in north China.
However, drought affecting the Hanjiang River since winter has led to a decrease in the level of water stored in the reservoir, with it falling from 145m in October to 140.1m yesterday.
Liu said no foreseeable precipitation can be expected to feed enough water to the reservoir by the middle of June. The river’s flood season is forecast to begin after June 20.
The water diversion project is designed to take water from the south to drought-prone areas in the north via eastern, middle and western routes. The first two are ready to run, but the western route, which requires more complex technology, is still in the research stage.
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