By Shi Baoyin and Zhang Xiaomin
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chinadaily.com.cn
Updated:
09:45 PM (GMT+8) March 24, 2021
A staff member from the middle route management office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project introduces the world’s largest inter-basin water diversion project to primary school students in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Monday, which was World Water Day. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project has transferred more than 2 billion cubic meters of water to Zhengzhou, Henan province, primary school students learned on Monday, which was World Water Day.
"South water" has become the main supply for Zhengzhou, covering 90 percent of the city's population.
A staff member from the middle route management office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project introduces the world’s largest inter-basin water diversion project to primary school students in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Monday, which was World Water Day. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
More than 900 students from Binhe Garden Experimental Primary School in Zhengzhou's Erqi district learned about water from project staff members at the middle route management office through models, chemical experiments and drone flights.
Primary school students in Zhengzhou, Henan province, learn about the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the world’s largest inter-basin water conduit, on Monday, which was World Water Day. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The project is the world's largest inter-basin water diversion network. The middle route measures 1,432 kilometers starting from Danjiangkou Reservoir in Hubei province. It runs across Henan and Hebei provinces before reaching Beijing and Tianjin. It began supplying water in late 2014.
Qi Xin contributed to this story.
Primary school students in Zhengzhou, Henan province, learn about the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the world’s largest inter-basin water conduit, on Monday, which was World Water Day. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Primary school students in Zhengzhou, Henan province, learn about the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the world’s largest inter-basin water conduit, on Monday, which was World Water Day. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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