Did the South-to-North Water Diversion Project fail?

No failures.

As of the end of 2019, the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (Phase I) have been completed and have transferred water to the northern region. The west line project is still in the planning stage and construction has not started.

The South-to-North Water Diversion*** has three water diversion lines: the east line, the middle line and the west line. Through the three water diversion lines, they are connected with the four major rivers of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Haihe River, forming a "four horizontal and three vertical" "" is the main overall layout to facilitate the realization of a reasonable allocation pattern of China's water resources allocation from the north to the south and mutual assistance from the east to the west.

Extended information:

Social significance

1. Increase the carrying capacity of water resources and improve the efficiency of resource allocation.

2. Make northern China gradually become a water-saving and anti-pollution society with reasonable water resource allocation and good water environment.

3. It will help alleviate the constraints of water shortage on urbanization development in northern areas and promote the local urbanization process.

4. Guarantee the water source for the year-round navigation of the Jining-Xuzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. The two commercial grain bases in western Shandong and northern Jiangsu have been consolidated and developed.

Ecological significance

1. Improve the ecological environment in the Huang-Huai-Hai region.

2. Improve the quality of local drinking water in the north and effectively solve the water quality problems of groundwater in some northern areas caused by natural causes, such as high fluorine water, brackish water and other water sources containing harmful substances that are harmful to the human body.

3. It will help replenish groundwater in the north and protect local wetlands and biodiversity.

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