The New Deliberation on the West Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project and Thinking of Water Diversion

The west route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project (The West Route Project) relates to the headwaters area of the Three Rivers in Qinghai Tibet Plateau and the Tibetan inhabited area, where the geological environment and ecological environment are vulnerable, the ethnic and religious issues are sensitive, the water sources for water diversion are not reliable. Therefore the West Route Project is not feasible and not easy to implement. In recent years, the sediment of the Yellow River dropped sharply, the east route and the middle route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project has completed. There are new ways for the west route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project. So the West Route Project is not necessary and should not be implemented. The new ideas for water diversion are as follows: adjusting the 1987 water diversion scheme; adjusting the location of water diversion for the West Route Project; increasing the Yellow River water by water retention and water saving; promoting water right replacement and water-saving action; overall planning of the upper, the middle, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River; using the water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River locally; developing according to the water supply; changing the mode of development; constructing healthy river.