Water through the south-to-north diversion project is set to arrive in Beijing on Saturday, said local authorities on Thursday.
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"The water will be directed to 15 of Beijing's 16 districts and counties," said Sun Guosheng, chief of the Beijing office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
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Sun also told the press that by next October, Beijing will receive818 million cubic meters of water.
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The middle route's first-stage project starts at the Danjiangkou Reservoir in the central province of Hubei. It was officially put into operation on 12 December..
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It will supply 9.5 billion cubic meters of water annually to the northern regions, including the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, and provinces of Henan and Hebei.