Is the water from the South-to-North Water Transfer Project used for drinking?

Not all the water in the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is used for drinking.

The water used in the South-to-North Water Transfer Project mainly guarantees the water used by residents for domestic use, industrial production, shipping, ecological environment restoration and improvement, emergency drought relief and drainage. From 2065438 to September 2002, the relocation of migrants in Danjiangkou reservoir area of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project was fully completed. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project mainly solves the problem of water shortage in northern China, especially in the Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin, with a population of 438 million.

* * * There are three water transfer lines, namely the East Line, the Middle Line and the West Line, which are connected with the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River and the Haihe River, forming an overall layout with "four horizontals and three verticals" as the main body, which is helpful to realize the rational allocation pattern of water resources in China.

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China is rich in water resources, about 2.8 trillion cubic meters, ranking sixth in the world, but its distribution is uneven, with a per capita possession of only 2,200 cubic meters, which is 1/4 of the world average, and it is one of the 13 water-poor countries in the world. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project aims to solve the water shortage problem in northern China, especially in the Huang-Huai-Hai basin with a planned population of over 400 million.

* * * The project has three water transfer lines, namely the east line, the middle line and the west line, which are connected with the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River and the Haihe River, forming an overall layout with "four horizontals and three verticals" as the main body. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project runs through more than half of China and crosses several provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities with very different landforms. It is very difficult in engineering technology and environmental protection to ensure that one river flows northward.

The South-to-North Water Transfer Project is conducive to solving the problem of water shortage in the north, increasing the carrying capacity of water resources and improving the efficiency of resource allocation. So that the northern part of China will gradually become a water-saving and anti-pollution society with reasonable water resources allocation and good water environment. It is beneficial to alleviate the restriction of water shortage on the urbanization development in northern China and promote the local urbanization process.

Baidu Encyclopedia-South-to-North Water Transfer Project

People's Network-South-to-North Water Transfer Project (China Span)