Diversion project solves water woes

Yangtze River provides 70% of urban Beijing's supply, boosts biodiversity

Beijing had received 10 billion cubic meters of water from the middle route of China's massive South-to-North Water Diversion Project by Wednesday, with the project now supplying more than 70 percent of water in the capital's urban area.

The project "has significantly alleviated the water scarcity situation in the capital", the China South-to-North Water Diversion Corporation said in a news release issued on Wednesday.

Thanks to the project, per capita water resources in Beijing have reached about 150 cubic meters, compared with less than 100 cubic meters before the project went into operation in December 2014, the release said.