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Changqu Traverses Thousands of Homes from North to South! Residents’ Lives Along the South to North Water Transfer Project Welcomes Rewarding Changes in Six Years
CCTV 2020-12-13
In the six years since the first phase of the China Middle East Route South to North Water Diversion Project, the project has transferred more than 39.4 billion cubic meters of water, directly benefiting more than 120 millions of people.
CCTV News:The Ministry of Water Resources issued: As of today (December 12), the first phase of the South to North China Water Diversion Project has been fully accessible for six years, with a total of more than 39.4 thousand million cubic meters of water transferred, directly benefiting more than 120 million people.
Today (December 12), the first phase of the South-North Water Diversion Project of the East and Middle Roads of China marked the beginning of the sixth anniversary of total water supply. The project has transferred 39.4 billion cubic meters of water to the north and 120 million people have directly benefited from the seven provinces and cities along the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Luyu-Yujiang and Anhui provinces. Among them, the central line project has transferred 34.8 billion cubic meters of water in six years, benefiting approximately 69 million people. ; The east line project has been connected to water for seven years and a total of 4.6 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred to Shandong, benefiting some 58 million people. 41 large and medium-sized cities and more than 260 counties in the water receiving area have used high-quality water from the North Diversion Project. Water from the south has become a new lifeline for many urban and rural water supplies. The pattern of water supply and the allocation of water resources in the vast northern regions and the Huanghuaihai Plain have been optimized.
Li Yong, first-level inspector of the South-North Water Diversion Department of the Ministry of Water Resources:Optimizing and adjusting the economic structure and, at the same time, positively contributed to promoting environmental protection and pollution control in related areas.
At present, the project operation is safe and efficient, the water quality is stable and excellent, and the comprehensive benefits are significant, promoting the construction of an ecological civilization and green economic and social development throughout the route.
Li Yong, first-level inspector of the South-North Water Diversion Department of the Ministry of Water Resources:According to the general plan for the diversion of water from south to north approved by the (national), we have three lines east, middle and west. We are now making progress on the follow-up and related preparatory work for the second phase and the east line midline in accordance with related work arrangements.
As the world’s largest water transfer project, what changes have occurred in people’s lives along the route during the six years of the South to North Water Transfer Project? We understand.
Puyang, Henan: Drink Danjiang Shangqing Fresh Water and Say Goodbye to High Fluoride and Brackish Water
The temporal and spatial distribution of water resources in our country is extremely uneven. The inhabitants of the north have long been dominated by groundwater for domestic use, with high water hardness, and some places also contain water with high fluoride content and brackish water. Puyang City, located in the northeast part of Henan Province, is a city with a severe water shortage. Per capita water resources are less than a fifth of the national average. However, with the replacement of drinking water in rural Puyang in 2018 with new water sources from the south, 2.3 million people have said goodbye entirely to high-fluoride water and brackish water.
Hu Aitian, villager of Hongwei Street Neighborhood Committee, Chengguan City, Puyang County, Henan Province:Now this Danjiang water is sweet and clear, tastes good and has no rust.
North China: green water supply exceeds 3 billion cubic meters to curb overexploitation of groundwater
“Funnel” subsidence refers to the phenomenon of groundwater overexploitation in some areas, which causes the saturated groundwater surface to be centered at the water collection point and the surroundings gradually descend towards the center. This phenomenon exists in some parts of northern China and will not only lead to the contraction and depletion of groundwater resources, but will also cause threats to the safety of land construction projects. Over the past six years, the first phase of the East-Central Route of the South-North Water Diversion Project has implemented water replenishment measures, gradually reclaiming groundwater that has been sinking for many years. This spring in Mentougou, Beijing, has revived this year after years of exhaustion.
Li Yong, first-level inspector of the South-North Water Diversion Department of the Ministry of Water Resources:From today’s point of view, we have directly supplied more than 3 billion (cubic meters) of water to the ecology of North China, thus providing considerable support to curb the dire situation and the deteriorating trend of overexploitation of groundwater in northern China.
Beijing: Rare Animal Black Stork Appears Across Dry Yongding River
In the 1980s, the Beijing section of the Yongding River was dry for more than 20 years. This year, the Yongding River started two ecological water replenishments in spring and autumn, the dry Yongding River runs the entire line, with a water area of 1,800 hectares. Not long ago, at Yongdinghe Ricefield Reservoir, photographer Zhao Yongxiang photographed the black stork, a world-class protected animal that had not been seen in decades.
Photographer Zhao Yongxiang:For the first time, it was the first time that 20 groups of people could be photographed playing in the Yongding River. (The black stork) has very high requirements for the environment, and then it has to eat and fish, so it can witness ecological changes.
Xichuan, Henan: special planting drives steady increase in rural tourism income
Diversion of water from south to north, when drinking water is believed to be its source. As an important water source for the Central Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project, Xichuan, Henan was once one of the most impoverished counties in Henan. Due to the need to protect water quality, local farmers could no longer engage in pig and sheep farming in the past, but through the cultivation of edible mushrooms, Chinese medicinal materials, and soft seeds. The pomegranate, apricot, and plum have successfully achieved industrial transformation, and as the barren hill bands have turned into mountains of flowers and fruits, there have also quietly emerged gathering drives, country drives, and water trails, and the Villagers’ income has increased steadily.
Shi Jiying, a villager from Xiawan Village, an old town in Xichuan, Henan:Income improves year after year. I had not saved money before. Now I can save tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Li Jiao’e, a villager from Jiawa Village, Dashiqiao Township, Xichuan, Henan:I live in a building and the kids don’t have to worry about going to school.
After the completion of the relocation of immigrants from the South to North Water Transfer Project, governments at all levels issued a series of preferential policies to help immigrants quickly integrate into the new environment, achieve flexible employment and increase per capita disposable income by roughly doubling. With counterpart cooperation in receiving water areas and targeted poverty alleviation by relevant central units, counties affected by poverty in water source areas will lift themselves out of poverty on schedule.
Publisher: Bao She
