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The South–North Water Transfer Project, which is also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (Chinese: 南水北调工程; pinyinNánshuǐ Běidiào Gōngchéng) is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in the People's Republic of China. The motivation behind this major strategic infrastructure is to alleviate water shortage in the Northern parts of China.[1]The goal of this project is to transfer 44.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water annually from the southern part of China to the northern part of China.[2] The idea of mass water transport to solve the water scarcity problem in China was first developed by Mao Zedong.[3] He believed that in order to better allocate water resources in China, A huge water transport project should be constructed .[4] The plan of a major water transfer project was finally approved by the State Council in 2002. [5]This South-to-North Water Transfer Project is expected to cost $62 billion and is expected to be completed by 2050. The project requires construction of three major water diversion routes to link the water resources from the South to North.[6]The three routes are Easten Route, Central Route, Western Route.

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  1. ^ State Council, PRC, Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee (2016-09-01). "The South-to-North Water Diversion Project". Engineering. 2 (3): 265–267. doi:10.1016/J.ENG.2016.03.022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "South-North Water Transfer Project". International Rivers. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  3. ^ Crow-Miller, Britt (2015-01-01). "Discourses of deflection: The politics of framing China's South-North water transfer project". Water Alternatives. 8 (2). ISSN 1965-0175.
  4. ^ Berrittella, Maria; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S. J. (2006-12-01). "The Economic Impact of the South-North Water Transfer Project in China: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis". Rochester, NY. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "South-to-North Water Diversion Project". Water Technology. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  6. ^ "South-to-North Water Diversion Project". Water Technology. Retrieved 2017-05-04.