South-North Water Transfer Project (China)
Participation in a world-leading project to build a Grand Canal to solve water shortages in China
China's South-North Water Transfer Project is positioned as a huge project to supply water from southern China to northern China to solve chronic shortages of water in the North China region. The total investment is estimated to be approximately 500 billion yuan (about 10 trillion yen), making it one of the largest construction projects in history. It is a grand project to construct three grand canals (1,000 km or longer each) consisting of an Eastern Route, Central Route, and a Western Route to transport water from the Yangtze River basin to the receiving areas, mainly Beijing and Tianjin.
The Eastern Route, in which EBARA was involved, was a 1,150 km water transfer plan in which water from the Yangtze River around Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province was sent to north along the Grand Canal and rivers in the same direction and crossed under the Yellow River at around Shandong to finally reached Tianjin. Among the various pumping stations along the Eastern Route, we delivered five large tubular pumps, equipped with impellers with an outer diameter of 3 m, to two pumping stations, Some pumps were also required to have a water diversion function in the event of flooding, so the pump's operating system required flexibility and high efficiency. It took approximately ten years to complete all the pumping stations, and the South-North Water Transfer Project made it possible to supply water constantly to the northern regions. This alleviates water shortages in northern China, nourishes vast areas of land, and serves as a water source for dozens of cities, leading to the stability and development of the lives of local residents.
The Eastern Route, in which EBARA was involved, was a 1,150 km water transfer plan in which water from the Yangtze River around Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province was sent to north along the Grand Canal and rivers in the same direction and crossed under the Yellow River at around Shandong to finally reached Tianjin. Among the various pumping stations along the Eastern Route, we delivered five large tubular pumps, equipped with impellers with an outer diameter of 3 m, to two pumping stations, Some pumps were also required to have a water diversion function in the event of flooding, so the pump's operating system required flexibility and high efficiency. It took approximately ten years to complete all the pumping stations, and the South-North Water Transfer Project made it possible to supply water constantly to the northern regions. This alleviates water shortages in northern China, nourishes vast areas of land, and serves as a water source for dozens of cities, leading to the stability and development of the lives of local residents.
