Are there any mega water conservancy projects similar to the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region?

The West Route Project of South-to-North Water Diversion in China will involve Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The West Route Project of South-to-North Water Diversion in China is "transferring water from Tongtian River, Yalong River and Dadu River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the upper reaches of the Yellow River", which solves the water consumption problems in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, so far, the specific scheme of the west route project of South-to-North Water Transfer Project has not been finalized, and when to start construction is still unknown.

However, in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a large-scale water conservancy project of "South-to-North Water Diversion Project" has been started, which is the "Chuo-Liao Water Diversion Project". The total length of the water conveyance project is 389.52km, starting from the state-owned Hugue Gilletu Farm in Jalaid Banner, Xing 'an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and ending at the Wendegen Reservoir in Bayan Ulan Sumu (under construction). It crosses Guiliu River, Taoer River and Huolin River from north to south, passing through Jalaid Banner, Horqin Right Front Banner, Tuquan County, Horqin Right Middle Banner and Tongliao, Xing 'an League.

It can be said that "Liaoning water diversion project" is a typical "rich water does not flow outside the field". The starting point of the water conservancy project is Wendegen Reservoir, which is mainly supplied by Chuoer River, which originates from Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the eastern foot of Daxing 'anling Mountains. Therefore, the Chuoer River flows eastward into Nenjiang River in Heilongjiang Province at 180 km. The completion of this water conservancy project will inevitably reduce the water volume of Nenjiang River. Therefore, from June 2065438 to June 2006, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a decision not to approve the water conservancy project on the grounds that "excessive water diversion will obviously degrade the downstream ecology". However, through the unremitting efforts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the water conservancy project was finally approved.

In a word, for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the grass in all counties in the territory is constantly desertified due to lack of water, and it is impossible to control whether there will be ecological degradation in the Nenjiang River basin downstream.

"Diversion from Chuo to Liao" is the largest water conservancy project in Inner Mongolia so far, with a total investment of 25.2 252. 1.6 billion yuan. Land requisition for construction involves two prefecture-level cities, nine counties, 27 townships (towns and farms), 98 administrative villages (Gacha) and three forest farms in Xing 'an League and Tongliao City. The total land area for land requisition is 199 136.68 mu, of which 16922 1.94 mu is permanent land requisition and the rest is temporary land requisition.

After the completion of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project, it will play an important role in the economic and social development of eastern Inner Mongolia and even Inner Mongolia, effectively alleviate the serious water shortage in the Xiliao River Basin in eastern Inner Mongolia, and is of great significance to promote the optimal allocation of water resources in Xing 'an League and Tongliao City, improve the ability of water resources support and security, promote the sustainable economic and social development in border minority areas, and build an ecological security barrier in northern Xinjiang.