The photo shows the incorporated Danjiangkou reservoir dam in the central Province of Hubei of China, the starting point of the average route of the South-North Water Detachment Project. [Photo / Xinhua] Thanks to the massive project to divert the water from the Yangtze river basin to the north prone to the drought, the level of groundwater in the regions of the recipient is beginning to recover, according to the Ministry of Water Resources .
A recent evaluation has found that the first phase of the oriental and media branches of the megaprojected has helped replace the use of more than 3 billion cubic meters of groundwater in urban areas, according to a version of The media of the ministry on Tuesday.
This has prevented a greater reduction in the water table in these urban areas and the groundwater levels are lifted, he added.
The South-North Water Deviation Project has three branches; Oriental, medium and western routes. As the most prominent of the three, due to their role in the trajectory to the capital, the first phase of the central route began to supply the region with water on December 12, 2014.
The first phase From the Eastern route, which serves the provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong, began operating in November 2013. Western route remains in the planning stage and has not yet been built.
according to the ministry, apart from the demand for water throughout the water. The branches, the megaproject has been helping to recharge the natural water bodies in the six provincial regions that passes since 2018.
As a result, 967 kilometers of previously dry water courses have returned to life. Supplementation with water has also added about 348 square kilometers to the lake areas.
The launch stated that they have been reported in areas that marked on groundwater levels close to these organisms.
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