DocumentCode :
1495816
Title :
The long haul
Author :
Corley, Anne-Marie ; Yu-Tzu Chiu
Volume :
47
Issue :
6
fYear :
2010
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
40
Lastpage :
41
Abstract :
In 1952, Mao Zedong visited the great rushing rivers of China\´s south and suggested that the thirsty north "borrow" some. Thus was born the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Nearly 60 years later, construction is under way on the biggest water redirection scheme in history. When complete, the US $62 billion project will transport 44.8 million megaliters of water per year from the lush river valleys of the south to the parched industrial north-enough to flood Beijing to a height of almost 3 meters. The three-pronged project, which consists of an eastern route, a western route, and a central route, includes the construction of more than 1800 kilometers of pipelines and reinforced canals, at least 23 pumping stations, up to 7 dams, and 2 massive tunnels under the Yellow River. Some parts won\´t be fi nished until midcentury.
Keywords :
Carbon capture and storage; Desalination; Earthquakes; Engineering drawings; Government; Power engineering and energy; Rivers; Throughput; Water resources; Water storage;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5466791
Filename :
5466791
Link To Document :
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