Faced with increasing water shortage challenges and uncertainties
of future water supply, a Beijing-area township has taken an innovative
approach to water supply sources. The township is developing a
comprehensive integrated water resources plan that will achieve the goal of
sustainable development for the township and the surrounding region through
efficient use of water resources that are currently available and exploration of
untapped sources with minimal environmental impact. Successful
implementation of the plan is expected to greatly reduce or entirely eliminate
the dependence of future supply upon water from the South-to-North-Transfer
Project in the Yangtze River. Includes 8 references, tables.