Foreign water transfer projects

Author: Yang Lixin
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book introduces the topics and interrelationships involved in water transfer projects, scheme selection, the classification of projects, and technical characteristics. It comprehensively covers existing, ongoing, and planned water transfer projects in 39 countries worldwide, while providing detailed insights into the built, ongoing, and designed water transfer projects of major global water transfer powers (such as the United States, the former Soviet Union, Canada, India, etc.). The book systematically explores the management and operation of foreign water transfer projects, the current impacts of these projects on natural and ecological environments, along with typical examples. It also examines the social and economic benefits of foreign water transfer projects, along with typical examples. Later, it conducts a preliminary comparison between China's South-to-North Water Transfer Project's three routes and existing foreign projects in terms of background, scale, and technical challenges. The book fully reflects the current development status, level, and trends of foreign water transfer projects, aiming to provide valuable engineering examples, design, and construction experiences for China's water transfer projects (especially the South-to-North Water Transfer Project). This book serves as a reference for a broad audience, particularly technical personnel in hydraulic engineering, especially water resource development engineering, and environmental protection professionals.