Reservoir a lifeline for Turpan in Xinjiang
China DailyBogda Mountain, the Daheyan River and Daheyan Reservoir can be seen from an aircraft. "People from outside Xinjiang may think the Daheyan Reservoir is small, but it is indeed a major project for the people of Turpan," said Ishak Huji, a water conservancy official in the city's Gaochang district. The reservoir, also known as the Daheyan water diversion project, is located in the upper Daheyan River, whose headwaters are deep in Bogda Mountain, about 60 kilometers from Turpan's urban area. On Dec 15, 2020, the reservoir began to store water, and three months later it was supplying water to downstream regions 69.81 million cubic meters annually. As of the end of last year, Turpan had built 14 reservoirs with a total water storage capacity of 214 million cubic meters, equivalent to 18 percent of the total water consumption of the city in a year, according to the Turpan water conservancy bureau.
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