North South Water Diversion Project Diverted 4 years
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 0:14Not sure if this announcement indicates that the concerns with the viability of the north south water diversion project have found a voice, but according to the article China delays finishing mammoth water project:
Hubei officials said on Friday that pollution and ecological strains in the rivers feeding the dam will make that impossible, Hubei’s Changjiang Times said
and the delay could potentially prove disaterous for Beijing and its surrounding provinces:
This means Beijing residents will have to wait another 6 years before they can drink high-quality water from the Dankiangkou Dam.”
In the absence of the Yangtze tributary supplies, Beijing has been pumping additional water from neighboring Hebei province, which itself suffers severe shortfalls.
Considering other officials are now coming out publicly to say that Beijing’s population has nearly reached its limits, and the mismanagement of resources has been rampant, I am wondering if calls to move the capital will be renewed.
