Water diversion project benefits 68 mln people in Shandong in decade

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 30, 2023 shows the Jiangdu Key Water Conservancy Project along the eastern route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. The first phase of the eastern route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has benefited more than 68 million people in east China's Shandong Province in its decade-long operation, China South-to-North Water Diversion Co., Ltd. said Wednesday.(Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The first phase of the eastern route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has benefited more than 68 million people in east China's Shandong Province in its decade-long operation, China South-to-North Water Diversion Co., Ltd. said Wednesday.

It has transferred 6.14 billion cubic meters of water to Shandong since it began supplying water in November 2013, according to the company.

China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has three routes. The eastern route transfers water from eastern Jiangsu Province to regions including Shandong, Hebei, and Tianjin.

With a length of 1,467 km, the first phase of the eastern route of the water project transfers water from the Yangtze River to Shandong, utilizing canals and pump stations.

The middle route is the most prominent one, starting at the Danjiangkou Reservoir in central China's Hubei Province and running across Henan and Hebei before reaching Beijing and Tianjin. It began supplying water in December 2014.

The western route is still at the planning stage. 

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 15, 2023 shows a project that crosses the Yellow River along the eastern route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project in Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province. The first phase of the eastern route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has benefited more than 68 million people in east China's Shandong Province in its decade-long operation, China South-to-North Water Diversion Co., Ltd. said Wednesday.(Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 30, 2023 shows the Jiangdu Key Water Conservancy Project along the eastern route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. The first phase of the eastern route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has benefited more than 68 million people in east China's Shandong Province in its decade-long operation, China South-to-North Water Diversion Co., Ltd. said Wednesday.(Xinhua/Liu Shiping)