Graham
Well-Known Member
The biggest project in the world.
It's called the South-North Water Diversion Project
Shifting 44.8 billion cubic meters of water annually.
Essentially there are 3 projects,
1/ Eastern route = 1,155km long and involves the construction of 23 pumping stations
2/ Central route = Big and long.
3/ Western route = nearly 500km across the Bayankala Mountains and then on to northwest China
For a feeling of scale of this project,,,,,,,
It would be like channeling water from the Mississippi River to meet the drinking needs of Boston, New York and Washington.
We in UK use 1,2 billion cubic meters a year
http://www.defra.gov.uk/statistics/envi ... -wateruse/
Basically, South China has a Monsoon type climate, with lots and lots of rain, and many rivers.
The North of China, by that I mean North of Shanghai for example, has less rain, and the further North, even less rain.
Down in Nanning, in the South, they have 4 times as much rain, as we do here in Weifang.
The ongoing project dwarfs any thing you could consider.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world ... wanted=all
http://www.thehindu.com/news/internatio ... 866492.ece
http://www.water-technology.net/projects/south_north/
$800 billion isn't any sort of "small change.
So the next time there is a water shortage in UK, or is there a continual South water shortage, where the North has plenty, just spare a thought, that you can move water from the lake District area, to the dryer Southern England.
Gra.
It's called the South-North Water Diversion Project
Shifting 44.8 billion cubic meters of water annually.
Essentially there are 3 projects,
1/ Eastern route = 1,155km long and involves the construction of 23 pumping stations
2/ Central route = Big and long.
3/ Western route = nearly 500km across the Bayankala Mountains and then on to northwest China
For a feeling of scale of this project,,,,,,,
It would be like channeling water from the Mississippi River to meet the drinking needs of Boston, New York and Washington.
We in UK use 1,2 billion cubic meters a year
http://www.defra.gov.uk/statistics/envi ... -wateruse/
Basically, South China has a Monsoon type climate, with lots and lots of rain, and many rivers.
The North of China, by that I mean North of Shanghai for example, has less rain, and the further North, even less rain.
Down in Nanning, in the South, they have 4 times as much rain, as we do here in Weifang.
The ongoing project dwarfs any thing you could consider.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world ... wanted=all
http://www.thehindu.com/news/internatio ... 866492.ece
http://www.water-technology.net/projects/south_north/
$800 billion isn't any sort of "small change.
So the next time there is a water shortage in UK, or is there a continual South water shortage, where the North has plenty, just spare a thought, that you can move water from the lake District area, to the dryer Southern England.
Gra.
