Research on Water Resource Exploitation and Utilization Potential of the Yellow River Basin

• Published in: Procedia engineering Vol. 28; pp. 709 - 714
• Main Authors: He, Xu, Jiahong, Liu, Dayong, Qin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2012
• Subjects: the Western Route Project; the Yellow River basin; water resource exploitation and utilization potential; water resources; water-saving potential; water resource exploitation and utilization potential; water-saving potential; water resources; the Yellow River basin; the Western Route Project
• ISSN: 1877-7058; 1877-7058
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.795

Based on the meaning of water resource exploitation and utilization potential, the year of 2009 was chosen as current year, the exploitation potentials and the water-saving potentials of the Yellow River basin by the years of 2020 and 2030 were analyzed; the exploitation potentials were analyzed from surface water, groundwater and unconventional water resources; the water-saving potentials were analyzed from the water utilizations of agriculture, industry and city life (containing domestic, building industry and tertiary industry); besides doing better in water resources management, the Western Route Project is considered as the effective measure to release the imbalance between water supply and demand in the basin.