At the 32nd China Water Week, the country reminded everyone to conserve water and add to its decade-long efforts to alleviate shortages through its South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The central government aims to achieve a balance between usage and replenishment of underground water in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by 2035 to better protect water resources, a senior official said on Friday, the 27th World Water Day.
Beijing's underground water level rose 1.94 meters last year to 23.03 meters deep, with the increase in underground water storage totaling 990 million cubic meters, according to the Beijing Water Authority.
With North China facing a water shortage, the central government is carrying out measures to conserve underground water, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, according to a recent guideline issued by four ministries.
Ningqiang county and its neighboring areas in southern Shaanxi have now become an important water conservation area of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
On Feb. 28, the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project concluded its water transfer during this winter's freezing period, having successfully transferred 1.263 billion cubic meters of water in total.
This is a video that shows the key projects along the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
More than 1,000 staff worked through the Chinese New Year holidays to ensure the continued operations of the eastern and central routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
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