At 16:00 on November 25th, with the start of operation of Taierzhuang Pump Station, the first phase of the South to North Water Diversion East Line project officially started the water transfer work for the entire line from 2024 to 2025.

According to the water allocation plan for 2024-2025 issued by the Ministry of Water Resources, the first phase of the East Line project plans to divert 1.125 billion cubic meters of water to Shandong Province and provide a net increase of 527 million cubic meters and 46 million cubic meters of water to Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province, respectively. Since the first phase of the East Line project was completed on November 15, 2013, it has successfully completed 11 annual water transfer tasks and supplied a total of 7.14 billion cubic meters of water to Shandong Province. This has effectively improved the water supply conditions in the receiving area, especially alleviating the shortage of water resources in the Shandong Peninsula and northern Shandong region. It has provided strong water resources support and water security guarantee for the high-quality economic and social development of the receiving area.

The Ministry of Water Resources will comprehensively and thoroughly implement the important instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the South to North Water Diversion Project. In accordance with the relevant deployment of the National Water Network Construction Plan Outline, it will coordinate scheduling and management to ensure the completion of the first phase of the East Route Project water diversion task, accelerate the reform of the system and mechanism, continuously expand the comprehensive benefits of the project, and further enhance the level of water supply safety guarantee in the receiving area.(This article is from the official website of Jian Dao www.seetao.com. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jian Dao website+original link when reprinting.) Jian Dao website strategy column editor/Li Xiu'e