China Diverts Yellow River Water to Northern Port City

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China Diverts Yellow River Water to Northern Port City

China launched a project Thursday to divert water from the Yellow River, the second longest in the country, into Tianjin, a leading port city in northern China.

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China launched a project Thursday to divert water from the Yellow River, the second longest in the country, into Tianjin, a leading port city in northern China.

This is the seventh time that China has re-routed water from the Yellow River into Tianjin, an important economic center in north China, since 1972.

The project will channel water at the Weishan Sluice Gate in east China's Shandong province for 440 km to Tianjin at Jiuxuan Gate. Approximately 350 million cubic meters of water will eventually be diverted into Tianjin's water system over more than three months.

Tianjin has been plagued by serious dry spells for seven straight years and the municipal government has taken a series of conservation measures and reduced daily water consumption from 2.2million cubic meters to 1.51 million cubic meters.

The Jiuxuan Gate in Tianjin area received over 2 billion cubic meters of water from the Yellow River between 1972 and 2000.

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