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Biggest water project of the year gets started in Hubei

(People's Daily Online)    14:24, October 26, 2015
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Biggest water project of the year gets started in Hubei
The main canal of the south-to-north water diversion project in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo/Xinhua)

Work has just begun on a water resource allocation project in northern Hubei province that will be the largest hydro engineering project of the year in China. Supplying water to almost five million people, the project will fundamentally resolve water shortage problems in the north of Hubei province, Economic Daily reported.

The project is with a total investment of 17.95 billion yuan and a total construction period of 45 months. In terms of investment, area covered and number of people served, the project is the biggest ever in Hubei. It will create a reservoir on the River Dan with water redirected towards the southeast.

At the commencement ceremony, Chen Lei, the minister of Water Resources said that the north of Hubei is an important grain production base and the automobile industry base of China. A reliable water supply will guarantee urban water supply, ensure grain production, improve the regional environment and help with poverty relief efforts.

Wang Zhongfa, director of the Water Resources Department of Hubei province, explained that the water delivery line will be 270 kilometers long and the project is an artesian diversion work, with a planned annual diversion discharge of 1.4 billion cubic meters. The project will benefit 4.82 million population and about 313,000 hectares of farmland. 

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