{"id":27813,"date":"2009-03-05T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:38:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:38:29","slug":"2813-china-plans-glacier-water-reservoirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2813-china-plans-glacier-water-reservoirs\/","title":{"rendered":"China plans glacier-water reservoirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.GEA%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{color:blue;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{color:purple;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\np\n\t{\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\" \/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\" \/>Plans for the 10-year engineering project come as China seeks to adjust seasonal water levels and to address a longer-term concern &ndash; that downstream city residents will run out of drinking water when the glaciers in the Tian, Kunlun and Altai mountains disappear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To deal with the consequences of melting glaciers, Xinjiang province will set aside 200 million yuan (about US$30 million) for each of the next three years. In the first phase of the project, 29 reservoirs will be built with a combined capacity of 21.8 billion cubic metres of water, according to the Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the highest average summer temperatures in China, Xinjiang is particularly dependent on a steady supply of meltwater from glaciers, which store precipitation in the winter and release it in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over-exploitation of river systems and oases has exacerbated China&rsquo;s water problems. In terms of glacial melt, the worst affected area in China is the Tibetan plateau.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2009\/mar\/02\/china-glacier-reservoir-water\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the effects of climate change increase, China intends to build 59 reservoirs to collect water from its shrinking glaciers, the <em>Guardian<\/em> reported. In the far-western province of Xinjiang, where many of the earth&rsquo;s highest peaks and widest ice fields are found, China aims to catch and store glacial run-off that might otherwise trickle into the desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-27813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China plans glacier-water reservoirs | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the effects of climate change increase, China intends to build 59 reservoirs to collect water from its shrinking glaciers, the Guardian reported. 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