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BEIJING,Aug.02 (Xinhuanet)--East China's Shandong province plans to divert water
from the Yellow River, the country's second longest, to a number of its
water-deficient coastal cities, local officials said Friday.
Water from the Yellow river will be diverted directly
through Songzhuang waterlocks in Changyi county to the coastal cities of
Weifang, Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai.
A Shandong provincial official said that the Chinese
government has approved their project proposal which involves construction of a
322 kilometer channel to transport the water.
A total of 143 million cubic meters of water will be
pumped from the Yellow River to these cities annually, the official noted.
Most of the water will be for use in these cities'
industrial sectors with some for high-return farming.
The project is expected to cost 2.76 billion yuan (332.7
million US dollars), including 700 million yuan (84.3 million US dollars) in
subsidies from the central government.
The channel will also be used to divert freshwater from
the Yangtze River to the cities in years to come once China completes its
scheduled project to divert water from the Yangtze River to Beijing and other
northern areas through east China.Enditem
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