South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing’s groundwater levels

Di Long; Wenting Yang; Bridget R. Scanlon; Jianshi Zhao; Dagen Liu; Peter Burek; Yun Pan; Liangzhi You; Yoshihide Wada

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17428-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing’s groundwater levels

Di Long,
Wenting Yang,
Bridget R. Scanlon,
Jianshi Zhao,
Dagen Liu,
Peter Burek,
Yun Pan,
Liangzhi You,
Yoshihide Wada

Affiliations

Di Long: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Wenting Yang: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Bridget R. Scanlon: Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Jianshi Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Dagen Liu: Beijing Water Authority
Peter Burek: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Yun Pan: College of Resources Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University
Liangzhi You: Macro Agriculture Research Institute (MARI), College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University
Yoshihide Wada: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17428-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The authors here address water sustainability in the greater area of Beijing, China. Specifically, the positive effects towards Beijing groundwater levels via water diversion from the Yangtze River to the North are shown.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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