China News Service, March 8 (Xinhua) According to the WeChat public account of the Ministry of Water Resources, in order to continue to promote the recovery of the river and lake ecological environment and comprehensive management of groundwater overexploitation in North China, solve the problem of water shortage in the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal north of the Yellow River, and increase the water supply along the entire Grand Canal. Recently, the Ministry of Water Resources recently issued the "Plan for water replenishment for the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in 2024" and launched the implementation of the water replenishment work for the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in 2024.
On the basis of maintaining water supply along the entire stretch of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal south of the Yellow River, water will be intensively supplied to the 707-kilometer stretch north of the Yellow River of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
This water replenishment is expected to provide 845 million yuan of water by optimizing the allocation and dispatching of water from the North Extension Emergency Water Supply Project of the East Line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, local water from the four provinces and cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong, water diversion from the Yellow River, water diversion from Luanzhou, recycled water and rainwater. cubic meters, an increase of 380 million cubic meters compared with 2023, of which 643 million cubic meters will enter the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The total length of the water replenishment line is 1,146 kilometers, replacing approximately 1.868 million acres of cultivated land along the line with groundwater irrigation water, an increase of 878,000 acres compared with 2023, and replenishing the river. The surrounding groundwater levels have recovered or remained stable, and the water ecosystem has been restored and improved.
This water replenishment plan lasts until the end of June, covering four provinces and cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Shandong, flowing through 8 prefecture-level administrative regions and 31 county-level administrative regions.
During the water replenishment period, the Ministry of Water Resources will organize relevant units and local governments along the route to strengthen river cleaning and regulation, do a good job in joint dispatching of water volume, implement water source replacement and groundwater recharge, strengthen water pollution prevention and control, strengthen dynamic tracking monitoring and evaluation, and increase water management and water protection. , to ensure the orderly implementation of water replenishment operations.