CHINA—The source China’s Yangtze River is depleted to a pitiful degree. The glacial snow line is retreating. The desertification is serious, and the ecological system is fragile.
Under such circumstances, the Chinese government again started the West Line Construction of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, which is adding a greater burden on already deteriorating Yangtze water resources.
According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao report, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is to transfer water from the headwaters of the Yangtze River to the Yellow River by building dams and reservoirs at the upstream branches of the Yangtze River, including the Tongtian River, tributary Yalong River and upstream of the Dadu River.
The dam’s site elevation is from 2,900 meters to 4,000 meters. A water tunnel will be built to divert the water to the Yellow River through Bayan Mountain—the water-shed between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.
