CN-Wanjiazhai Water

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The Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project is part of a phased development program to expand the water supply and improve the land and water environment in the northern Shanxi province. Specific objectives include: a) reducing water supply infrastructure bottlenecks; b) increasing employment and incomes; reducing the urban distress caused by insufficient and intermittent water supplies; d) environmental improvement by ending the over extraction of groundwater and treating all waste; e) creating a system to rationalize water use and reduce greater shortages and f) promoting integrated management and financial independence for water institutions. The project will include the following components: a) Yellow River Diversion Project Corporation (YRDPC), providing the physical works needed to transfer water from the yellow River through a system of tunnels, aqueduct pipelines and reservoirs; b) water resources institutional reform; and c) water pollution control and industrial waste management.