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Interbasin transfer

February 10, 2023

Interbasin transfer or transbasin diversion are (often hyphenated) terms used to describe man-made conveyance schemes which move water from one river basin where it is available, to another basin where water is less available or could be utilized better for human development. The purpose of such water resource engineering schemes can be to alleviate water shortages in the receiving basin, to generate electricity, or both. Rarely, as in the case of the Glory River which diverted water from the Tigris to Euphrates River in modern Iraq, interbasin transfers have been undertaken for political purposes. While ancient water supply examples exist, the first modern developments were undertaken in the 19th century in Australia, India and the United States, feeding large cities such as Denver and Los Angeles. Since the 20th century many more similar projects have followed in other countries, including Israel and China, and contributions to the Green Revolution in India and hydropower development in Canada.

Michigan Ditch in northern Colorado carries water from the North Platte River watershed over Cameron Pass to the South Platte River watershed.

Since conveyance of water between natural basins are described as both a subtraction at the source and as an addition at the destination, such projects may be controversial in some places and over time; they may also be seen as controversial due to their scale, costs and environmental or developmental impacts.

In Texas, for example, a 2007 Texas Water Development Board report analyzed the costs and benefits of IBTs in Texas, concluding that while some are essential, barriers to IBT development include cost, resistance to new reservoir construction and environmental impacts.[1] Despite the costs and other concerns involved, IBTs play an essential role in the state's 50-year water planning horizon. Of 44 recommended ground and surface water conveyance and transfer projects included in the 2012 Texas State Water Plan, 15 would rely on IBTs.[1]

While developed countries often have exploited the most economical sites already with large benefits, many large-scale diversion/transfer schemes have been proposed in developing countries such as Brazil, African countries, India and China. These more modern transfers have been justified because of their potential economic and social benefits in more heavily populated areas, stemming from increased water demand for irrigation, industrial and municipal water supply, and renewable energy needs. These projects are also justified because of possible climate change and a concern over decreased water availability in the future; in that light, these projects thus tend to hedge against ensuing droughts and increasing demand. Projects conveying water between basins economically are often large and expensive, and involve major public and/or private infrastructure planning and coordination. In some cases where desired flow is not provided by gravity alone, additional use of energy is required for pumping water to the destination. Projects of this type can also be complicated in legal terms, since water and riparian rights are affected; this is especially true if the basin of origin is a transnational river. Furthermore, these transfers can have significant environmental impacts on aquatic ecosystems at the source. In some cases water conservation measures at the destination can make such water transfers less immediately necessary to alleviate water scarcity, delay their need to be built, or reduce their initial size and cost.

Existing transfers

There are dozens of large inter-basin transfers around the world, most of them concentrated in Australia, Canada, China, India and the United States. The oldest interbasin transfers date back to the late 19th century, with an exceptionally old example being the Roman gold mine at Las Médulas in Spain. Their primary purpose usually is either to alleviate water scarcity or to generate hydropower.

Primarily for the alleviation of water scarcity

Africa

Americas

The Central Arizona Project (CAP) in the USA is not an interbasin transfer per se, although it shares many characteristics with interbasin transfers as it transports large amounts of water over a long distance and difference in altitude. The CAP transfers water from the Colorado River to Central Arizona for both agriculture and municipal water supply to substitute for depleted groundwater. However, the water remains within the watershed of the Colorado River, though transferred into the Gila sub-basin.

Asia

Australia

Europe

  • Various transfers from the Ebro River in Spain, which flows to the Mediterranean, to basins draining to the Atlantic, such as Ebro-Besaya transfer of 1982 to supply the industrial area of Torrelavega, the Cerneja-Ordunte transfer to the Bilbao Metropolitan area of 1961, as well as the Zadorra-Arratia transfer that also supplies Bilbao through the Barazar waterfall (Source:Spanish Wikipedia article on the Ebro River. See Water supply and sanitation in Spain).
  • The North Crimea Canal (Ukraine), transporting water from the Dniepr River to the Crimean Peninsula.

Characteristics of major existing interbasin transfers and other large-scale water transfers to alleviate water scarcity

Year of construction Length Capacity (Million cubic meters/year) Costs (US$ bn)
California State Water Project (USA) Early 1960s-1990s 715 km 25 (10,300 cubic feet/sec) 5.2
Colorado River Aqueduct (USA) 1933–1941 392 km 1603.5 (1.3m acre-feet/year) ?
Central Arizona Project (USA) 1973-93 541 km 1850.2 (1.5m acre-feet/year) 3.6
National Water Carrier (Israel) 1953-64 130 km 1.7 ?
Cutzamala System (Mexico) Late 1970s-late 1990s 154 km 2.1 (24 m3/s) 1.3
All-American Canal (USA) 1930s 132 km 64 (740 m3/s) ?
Narmada Canal (India) Commissioned in 2008 532 km 11,718 (9.5m acre-feet/year) [6] ?
Periyar Project (India) Commissioned in 1895 ? 3.5 (41 m3/s) ?
Indira Gandhi Canal (India) Since 1958 650 km ? ?
Telugu Ganga project (India) 1977–2004 406 km 10.1 (3.7 bn m3/year) ?
Irtysh-Karaganda scheme (Kazakhstan) 1962–1974 450 km 6.5 (75 m3/s) ?

For the generation of hydropower

Africa

Australia

  • The Snowy Mountains Scheme in Australia, built between 1949 and 1974 at the cost (at that time) of A$800 million; a dollar value equivalent in 1999 and 2004 to A$6 billion (US$4.5 billion).
  • The Barnard River Scheme, also in Australia, constructed between 1983 and 1985.

Canada

In Canada, sixteen interbasin transfers have been implemented for hydropower development. The most important is the James Bay Project from the Caniapiscau River and the Eastmain River into the La Grande River, built in the 1970s. The water flow was reduced by 90% at the mouth of the Eastmain River, by 45% where the Caniapiscau River flows into the Koksoak River, and by 35% at the mouth of the Koksoak River. The water flow of the La Grande River, on the other hand, was doubled, increasing from 1,700 m³/s to 3,400 m³/s (and from 500 m³/s to 5,000 m³/s in winter) at the mouth of the La Grande River. Other interbasin transfers include:

British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
  • Ingram Diversion
  • Jordan Diversion
  • Wreck Cove Diversions
Ontario
  • Long Lake Diversion
  • Ogoki Diversion
  • Opasatika Diversion
  • Root River Diversion
Quebec
Saskatchewan

Asia

  • The Nam Theun II Project in Laos from the Nam Theun River to the Xe Bang Fai River, both tributaries of the Mekong River, completed in 2008.

For other purposes

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the US, which serves to divert polluted water from Lake Michigan.

Transfers under construction

The Eastern and Central Routes of the South-North Water Transfer Project in China from the Yangtse River to the Yellow River and Beijing.

Proposed transfers

Nearly all proposed interbasin transfers are in developing countries. The objective of most transfers is the alleviation of water scarcity in the receiving basin(s). Unlike in the case of existing transfers, there are very few proposed transfers whose objective is the generation of hydropower.

Africa

From the Ubangi River in Congo to the Chari River which empties into Lake Chad. The plan was first proposed in the 1960s and again in the 1980s and 1990s by Nigerian engineer J. Umolu (ZCN Scheme) and Italian firm Bonifica (Transaqua Scheme).[9][10][11][12][13] In 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) proposed a similar project and at a March, 2008 Summit, the Heads of State of the LCBC member countries committed to the diversion project.[14] In April, 2008, the LCBC advertised a request for proposals for a World Bank-funded feasibility study.

Americas

Asia

Australia

Europe

From the Ebro River in Spain to Barcelona in the Northeast and to various cities on the Mediterranean coast to the Southwest

Ecological aspects

In this experiment, juvenile green sturgeons are being dragged into an unscreened water diversion pipe operated under conditions like those found in the Sacramento river.

Since rivers are home to a complex web of species and their interactions, the transfer of water from one basin to another can have a serious impact on species living therein.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Texas Water Report: Going Deeper for the Solution 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ Cecilia Tortajada and Enrique Castelán:Water Management for a Megacity: Mexico City Metropolitan Area, Ambio, Volume 32, Issue 2 (March 2003)
  3. ^ "New York City's Water Supply System Map". New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  4. ^ "Northern Water C-BT Project". www.northernwater.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ^ "Salient Features of Sardar Sarovar Project: Narmada Main Canal System". Narmada Control Authority (NCA). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Salient Features of NWDT Award". Narmada Control Authority (NCA). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f National Water Development Agency of India:Existing Experience with Interbasin Transfers
  8. ^ Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 7, 1999
  10. ^ New Scientist, March 23, 1991 Africa at a Watershed (Ubangi - Lake Chad Inter-basin transfer)
  11. ^ Umolu, J. C.; 1990, Macro Perspectives for Nigeria’s Water Resources Planning, Proc. of the First Biennial National Hydrology Symposium, Maiduguri, Nigeria, pp. 218-262(discussion of Ubangi-Lake Chad diversion schemes)
  12. ^ The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East By Graham Chapman, Kathleen M. Baker, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, 1992 Routledge
  13. ^ Combating Climate Induced Water And Energy Deficiencies In West Central Africa (Ubangi - Lake Chad Inter-basin transfer) 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Voice of America News, March 28, 2008 African Leaders Team Up to Rescue Lake Chad
  15. ^ City of Hickory:Interbasin transfer information
  16. ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/public-132757.html[bare URL]
  17. ^ National Water Development Agency of India:Proposed Interbasin Transfer Links - Peninsular Component
  18. ^ a b [Usurped!], in:The Hindu, Nov. 19, 2002
  19. ^ National Water Development Agency of India:Proposed Interbasin Transfer Links - Himalayan Component
  20. ^ Siberian River Project Revived 08-Sep-06
  21. ^ Mussen, T. D.; Cocherell, D.; Poletto, J. B.; Reardon, J. S.; Hockett, Z.; Ercan, A.; Bandeh, H.; Kavvas, M. L.; Cech Jr, J. J.; Fangue, N. A. (2014). Fulton, Christopher J (ed.). "Unscreened Water-Diversion Pipes Pose an Entrainment Risk to the Threatened Green Sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris". PLOS ONE. 9 (1): e86321. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...986321M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086321. PMC 3893286. PMID 24454967.

Further reading

  • Fereidoun Ghassemi and Ian White: Inter-Basin Water Transfer, Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, Cambridge University Press, International Hydrology Series, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-86969-0

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Interbasin transfer or transbasin diversion are often hyphenated terms used to describe man made conveyance schemes which move water from one river basin where it is available to another basin where water is less available or could be utilized better for human development The purpose of such water resource engineering schemes can be to alleviate water shortages in the receiving basin to generate electricity or both Rarely as in the case of the Glory River which diverted water from the Tigris to Euphrates River in modern Iraq interbasin transfers have been undertaken for political purposes While ancient water supply examples exist the first modern developments were undertaken in the 19th century in Australia India and the United States feeding large cities such as Denver and Los Angeles Since the 20th century many more similar projects have followed in other countries including Israel and China and contributions to the Green Revolution in India and hydropower development in Canada Michigan Ditch in northern Colorado carries water from the North Platte River watershed over Cameron Pass to the South Platte River watershed Since conveyance of water between natural basins are described as both a subtraction at the source and as an addition at the destination such projects may be controversial in some places and over time they may also be seen as controversial due to their scale costs and environmental or developmental impacts In Texas for example a 2007 Texas Water Development Board report analyzed the costs and benefits of IBTs in Texas concluding that while some are essential barriers to IBT development include cost resistance to new reservoir construction and environmental impacts 1 Despite the costs and other concerns involved IBTs play an essential role in the state s 50 year water planning horizon Of 44 recommended ground and surface water conveyance and transfer projects included in the 2012 Texas State Water Plan 15 would rely on IBTs 1 While developed countries often have exploited the most economical sites already with large benefits many large scale diversion transfer schemes have been proposed in developing countries such as Brazil African countries India and China These more modern transfers have been justified because of their potential economic and social benefits in more heavily populated areas stemming from increased water demand for irrigation industrial and municipal water supply and renewable energy needs These projects are also justified because of possible climate change and a concern over decreased water availability in the future in that light these projects thus tend to hedge against ensuing droughts and increasing demand Projects conveying water between basins economically are often large and expensive and involve major public and or private infrastructure planning and coordination In some cases where desired flow is not provided by gravity alone additional use of energy is required for pumping water to the destination Projects of this type can also be complicated in legal terms since water and riparian rights are affected this is especially true if the basin of origin is a transnational river Furthermore these transfers can have significant environmental impacts on aquatic ecosystems at the source In some cases water conservation measures at the destination can make such water transfers less immediately necessary to alleviate water scarcity delay their need to be built or reduce their initial size and cost Contents 1 Existing transfers 1 1 Primarily for the alleviation of water scarcity 1 1 1 Africa 1 1 2 Americas 1 1 3 Asia 1 1 4 Australia 1 1 5 Europe 1 2 For the generation of hydropower 1 2 1 Africa 1 2 2 Australia 1 2 3 Canada 1 2 4 Asia 1 3 For other purposes 2 Transfers under construction 3 Proposed transfers 3 1 Africa 3 2 Americas 3 3 Asia 3 4 Australia 3 5 Europe 4 Ecological aspects 5 See also 6 References 7 Further readingExisting transfers EditThere are dozens of large inter basin transfers around the world most of them concentrated in Australia Canada China India and the United States The oldest interbasin transfers date back to the late 19th century with an exceptionally old example being the Roman gold mine at Las Medulas in Spain Their primary purpose usually is either to alleviate water scarcity or to generate hydropower This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2021 Primarily for the alleviation of water scarcity Edit Africa Edit From the Oum Er Rbia River to supply Casablanca in Morocco with drinking water From the tributaries of Ichkeul Lake in Tunisia to supply Tunis with drinking water From Lake Nasser on the Nile to the New Valley Project in the Western Desert of Egypt The Lesotho Highlands Water Project to supply water to Gauteng in South AfricaAmericas Edit The Los Angeles Aqueduct completed in 1913 transferring water from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles The Colorado River Aqueduct built in 1933 1941 to supply Southern California with water The All American Canal built in the 1930s to bring water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Irrigation District in Southern California The California State Water Project built in stages in the 1960s and 1970s to transfer water from Northern to Southern California It includes the California Aqueduct and the Edmonston Pumping Plant which lifts water nearly 2 000 feet 610 meters up and over the Tehachapi Mountains through 10 miles of tunnels for municipal water supply in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area The Cutzamala System built in stages from the late 1970s to the late 1990s to transfer water from the Cutzamala River to Mexico City for use as drinking water lifting it over more than 1000 meters It utilizes 7 reservoirs a 127 km long aqueduct with 21 km of tunnels 7 5 km open canal and a water treatment plant Its cost was US 1 3 billion 2 See also Water resources management in Mexico The Central Utah Project to supply the Wasatch Front with urban water and for irrigation The San Juan Chama Project to bring water from the Colorado River basin into the Rio Grande basin for urban and agricultural purposes in northern New Mexico and municipal water supply for Santa Fe and Albuquerque The New Croton Aqueduct completed in 1890 brings water from the New Croton Reservoir in Westchester and Putnam counties The Catskill Aqueduct completed in 1916 is significantly larger than New Croton and brings water from two reservoirs in the eastern Catskill Mountains The Delaware Aqueduct completed in 1945 taps tributaries of the Delaware River in the western Catskill Mountains and provides approximately half of New York City s water supply 3 The Colorado Big Thompson Project built between 1938 and 1957 diverts water from the upper Colorado River basin east underneath the Continental Divide to the South Platte basin 4 Among other transfers the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority moves water from the Quabbin Reservoir completed 1939 and Ware River in the Connecticut River basin and the Wachusett Reservoir completed 1908 in the Merrimack River basin to provide drinking water to more densely populated areas in Eastern Massachusetts Some of the flow is also used for hydropower The Central Arizona Project CAP in the USA is not an interbasin transfer per se although it shares many characteristics with interbasin transfers as it transports large amounts of water over a long distance and difference in altitude The CAP transfers water from the Colorado River to Central Arizona for both agriculture and municipal water supply to substitute for depleted groundwater However the water remains within the watershed of the Colorado River though transferred into the Gila sub basin Asia Edit The Narmada Canal Project offtaking from Sardar Sarovar in Western India transfers water from the Narmada Basin to areas coming under other river basins in Gujarat Mahi Sabarmati and other small river basins in North Gujarat Saurashtra and Kutch and Rajasthan Luni and other basins of Jalore and Barmer districts for irrigation drinking water industrial use etc 5 The canal is designed to transfer 9 59 5 million acre feet 11 7 km3 water annually from the Narmada Basin to areas under other basins in Gujarat and Rajasthan 9 MAF for Gujarat and 0 5 MAF for Rajasthan 6 The Periyar Project in Southern India from the Periyar River in Kerala to the Vaigai basin in Tamil Nadu It consists of a dam and a tunnel with a discharging capacity of 40 75 cubic meters per second The project was commissioned in 1895 and provides irrigation to 81 000 hectares in addition to providing power through a plant with a capacity of 140 MW 7 The Parambikulam Aliyar project also in Southern India consists of seven streams five flowing towards the west and two towards the east which have been dammed and interlinked by tunnels The project transfers water from the Chalakudy River basin to the Bharatapuzha and Cauvery basins for irrigation in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu and the Chittur area of Kerala states It also serves for power generation with a capacity of 185 MW 7 The Kurnool Cudappah Canal in Southern India is a scheme started by a private company in 1863 transferring water from the Krishna River basin to the Pennar basin It includes a 304 km long canal with a capacity of 84 9 cubic meters per second for irrigation 7 The Telugu Ganga project in Southern India This project primarily meets the water supply needs of Chennai metropolitan area but is also used for irrigation It brings Krishna River water through 406 km of canals The project which was approved in 1977 and completed in 2004 involved the cooperation of four Indian States Maharashtra Karnataka Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu 7 The Indira Gandhi Canal formerly known as the Rajasthan Canal linking the Ravi River the Beas River and the Sutlej River through a system of dams hydropower plants tunnels canals and irrigation systems in Northern India built in the 1960s to irrigate the Thar Desert 7 The National Water Carrier in Israel transferring water from the Sea of Galilee Jordan River Basin to the Mediterranean coast lifting water over 372 meters Its water is used both in agriculture and for municipal water supply The Mahaweli Ganga Project in Sri Lanka includes several inter basin transfers The Irtysh Karaganda Canal in central Kazakhstan is about 450 km long with a maximum capacity of 75 cubic meters per second It was built between 1962 and 1974 and involves a lift of 14 to 22 m 7 The South North Water Transfer Project in China as well as other smaller scale projects such as the Irtysh Karamay Urumqi Canal Part of the water flowing northwards down Tung Chung River in northern Lantau is diverted across the mountain ridge to Shek Pik Reservoir in southern Lantau The IRTS Inter Reservoirs Transfer Scheme which transfers water from the Kowloon Byewash Reservoir to the Lower Shing Mun Reservoir 2 8 kilometres 1 7 miles in length and 3 metres 9 8 ft in diameter Lingqu in Kwangsi Province Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel yue Australia Edit The 530 km long Goldfields Water Supply Scheme of Western Australia built from 1896 to 1903Europe Edit Various transfers from the Ebro River in Spain which flows to the Mediterranean to basins draining to the Atlantic such as Ebro Besaya transfer of 1982 to supply the industrial area of Torrelavega the Cerneja Ordunte transfer to the Bilbao Metropolitan area of 1961 as well as the Zadorra Arratia transfer that also supplies Bilbao through the Barazar waterfall Source Spanish Wikipedia article on the Ebro River See Water supply and sanitation in Spain The North Crimea Canal Ukraine transporting water from the Dniepr River to the Crimean Peninsula Characteristics of major existing interbasin transfers and other large scale water transfers to alleviate water scarcity Year of construction Length Capacity Million cubic meters year Costs US bn California State Water Project USA Early 1960s 1990s 715 km 25 10 300 cubic feet sec 5 2Colorado River Aqueduct USA 1933 1941 392 km 1603 5 1 3m acre feet year Central Arizona Project USA 1973 93 541 km 1850 2 1 5m acre feet year 3 6National Water Carrier Israel 1953 64 130 km 1 7 Cutzamala System Mexico Late 1970s late 1990s 154 km 2 1 24 m3 s 1 3All American Canal USA 1930s 132 km 64 740 m3 s Narmada Canal India Commissioned in 2008 532 km 11 718 9 5m acre feet year 6 Periyar Project India Commissioned in 1895 3 5 41 m3 s Indira Gandhi Canal India Since 1958 650 km Telugu Ganga project India 1977 2004 406 km 10 1 3 7 bn m3 year Irtysh Karaganda scheme Kazakhstan 1962 1974 450 km 6 5 75 m3 s For the generation of hydropower Edit Africa Edit The Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme from the Tugela River that flows into the Indian Ocean into the Vaal River in South Africa which ultimately drains into the Orange River and the Atlantic Ocean Its purpose is hydropower generation 8 Australia Edit The Snowy Mountains Scheme in Australia built between 1949 and 1974 at the cost at that time of A 800 million a dollar value equivalent in 1999 and 2004 to A 6 billion US 4 5 billion The Barnard River Scheme also in Australia constructed between 1983 and 1985 Canada Edit In Canada sixteen interbasin transfers have been implemented for hydropower development The most important is the James Bay Project from the Caniapiscau River and the Eastmain River into the La Grande River built in the 1970s The water flow was reduced by 90 at the mouth of the Eastmain River by 45 where the Caniapiscau River flows into the Koksoak River and by 35 at the mouth of the Koksoak River The water flow of the La Grande River on the other hand was doubled increasing from 1 700 m s to 3 400 m s and from 500 m s to 5 000 m s in winter at the mouth of the La Grande River Other interbasin transfers include British ColumbiaCampbell Heber Diversion Coquitlam Buntzen Diversion Kemano hydroelectric power station diverting water from the Nechako River in British Columbia to the sea Vernon Irrigation District DiversionManitobaChurchill Diversion Southern Indian LakeNew BrunswickSaint John water supplyNewfoundland and LabradorBay d Espoir Diversions Churchill Falls hydroelectric power station built between 1967 and 1971 Deer Lake Diversion Smallwood Reservoir Julian Diversion Smallwood Reservoir Kanairiktok Diversion Smallwood Reservoir Naskaupi DiversionNorthwest TerritoriesWellington Lake Hydro Project Diversion with Saskatchewan Nova ScotiaIngram Diversion Jordan Diversion Wreck Cove DiversionsOntarioLong Lake Diversion Ogoki Diversion Opasatika Diversion Root River DiversionQuebecBarriere Diversion Boyd Sakami Diversion Lac de la Fregate Diversion Laforge Diversion Manouane Diversion Megiscane Diversion Rupert Diversion Sault aux Cochons DiversionSaskatchewanCypress Lake Diversion with Alberta Pasquia Land Resettlement Diversion with Manitoba Qu Appelle River Diversion at Lake Diefenbaker Swift Current DiversionAsia Edit The Nam Theun II Project in Laos from the Nam Theun River to the Xe Bang Fai River both tributaries of the Mekong River completed in 2008 For other purposes Edit The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the US which serves to divert polluted water from Lake Michigan Transfers under construction EditThe Eastern and Central Routes of the South North Water Transfer Project in China from the Yangtse River to the Yellow River and Beijing Proposed transfers EditNearly all proposed interbasin transfers are in developing countries The objective of most transfers is the alleviation of water scarcity in the receiving basin s Unlike in the case of existing transfers there are very few proposed transfers whose objective is the generation of hydropower Africa Edit From the Ubangi River in Congo to the Chari River which empties into Lake Chad The plan was first proposed in the 1960s and again in the 1980s and 1990s by Nigerian engineer J Umolu ZCN Scheme and Italian firm Bonifica Transaqua Scheme 9 10 11 12 13 In 1994 the Lake Chad Basin Commission LCBC proposed a similar project and at a March 2008 Summit the Heads of State of the LCBC member countries committed to the diversion project 14 In April 2008 the LCBC advertised a request for proposals for a World Bank funded feasibility study Americas Edit The transfer of the Sao Francisco River from the Sao Francisco River to the dry sertao in the four northeastern states of Ceara Rio Grande do Norte Paraiba and Pernambuco in Brazil The project is estimated to cost US 2 billion and was given the green light to go ahead by the Supreme Court of Brazil in December 2007 On a much smaller scale the transfer of up to 36 million gallons of water per day 130 000 cubic meter day to Concord and Kannapolis from the Catawba River and the Yadkin River in North Carolina USA 15 Shoal Creek Reservoir in north Georgia from Dawson Forest Etowah River to the city of Atlanta Chattahoochee River 16 Asia Edit The so called Peninsular river component of India s National Water Development Plan envisages to divert the Mahanadi River surplus to the Godavari and the surplus therefrom to the Krishna Pennar and Cauvery with terminal dams on the Mahanadi and the Godavari to enable irrigation The Peninsular component also envisages three more transfers a to divert a part of the waters of the west flowing rivers of Kerala to the arid east to meet the needs of Tamil Nadu b to interlink the west flowing rivers north of Mumbai and south of Tapi to provide irrigation to areas in Saurashtra Kachchh and coastal Maharashtra and to augment the drinking water supplies to Mumbai and c to interlink the southern tributaries of the Yamuna and provide irrigation facilities in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan 17 18 From the Chalakudy River to the Bharathapuzha River in Kerala India 14 transfers in Northern India The so called Himalayan river component envisages transfers from the Kosi River Gandak River and Ghaghara River to the west a link between the Brahmaputra River to the Ganges River to augment the dry weather flows of the Ganges and a link between the Ganges and the Yamuna River to serve drought prone areas of Haryana Rajasthan Gujarat as also south Uttar Pradesh and south Bihar 18 19 The Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project on the Ghaghara River in Nepal Hydropower and irrigation From Northern Russia and Siberia to Central Asia through the Northern river reversal The proposal originally dating to Joseph Stalin s and Nikita Khrushchev s eras included a Western and Eastern route in the European and Asian parts of the then Soviet Union respectively The suggested Western route would be from the Pechora River to the Kama River a tributary of the Volga River along the abandoned and uncompleted Pechora Kama Canal The Eastern route would be from the Tobol River Ishim River and Irtysh River in the Ob basin to the desert plains of Kazakhastan and the Aral Sea basin In 2006 Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbaev said he wanted to resuscitate the scheme that had been abandoned by the Soviet Union in 1986 The cost of that route alone is estimated at upwards from US 40 billion well beyond the means of Kazakhstan 20 The western route of the South North Water Transfer Project in China which foresees to divert water from the headwater of Yangtze and possibly also the headwaters of Mekong or Salween downstream into the headwater of Yellow River If the Mekong and Salween rivers were included in the project this would affect the downstream riparian countries Burma Thailand Laos Cambodia and Vietnam Australia Edit The Bradfield Scheme in Queensland serving primarily for irrigation The Kimberley Pipeline Scheme to supply Perth with water through proposed because of radical rainfall changes in Western Australia since the late 1960sEurope Edit From the Ebro River in Spain to Barcelona in the Northeast and to various cities on the Mediterranean coast to the SouthwestEcological aspects Edit source source source source source source In this experiment juvenile green sturgeons are being dragged into an unscreened water diversion pipe operated under conditions like those found in the Sacramento river Since rivers are home to a complex web of species and their interactions the transfer of water from one basin to another can have a serious impact on species living therein 21 See also EditWater export Headwater Diversion Plan Jordan River References Edit a b Texas Water Report Going Deeper for the Solution Archived 2014 02 22 at the Wayback Machine Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Retrieved 11 February 2014 Cecilia Tortajada and Enrique Castelan Water Management for a Megacity Mexico City Metropolitan Area Ambio Volume 32 Issue 2 March 2003 New York City s Water Supply System Map New York City Department of Environmental Protection Retrieved 2009 09 03 Northern Water C BT Project www northernwater org Retrieved 2019 03 07 Salient Features of Sardar Sarovar Project Narmada Main Canal System Narmada Control Authority NCA Retrieved 28 November 2021 a b Salient Features of NWDT Award Narmada Control Authority NCA Retrieved 28 November 2021 a b c d e f National Water Development Agency of India Existing Experience with Interbasin Transfers Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme Archived 2008 10 17 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Environmental Hydrology Vol 7 1999 New Scientist March 23 1991 Africa at a Watershed Ubangi Lake Chad Inter basin transfer Umolu J C 1990 Macro Perspectives for Nigeria s Water Resources Planning Proc of the First Biennial National Hydrology Symposium Maiduguri Nigeria pp 218 262 discussion of Ubangi Lake Chad diversion schemes The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East By Graham Chapman Kathleen M Baker University of London School of Oriental and African Studies 1992 Routledge Combating Climate Induced Water And Energy Deficiencies In West Central Africa Ubangi Lake Chad Inter basin transfer Archived 2011 05 26 at the Wayback Machine Voice of America News March 28 2008 African Leaders Team Up to Rescue Lake Chad City of Hickory Interbasin transfer information http www ajc com news atlanta public 132757 html bare URL National Water Development Agency of India Proposed Interbasin Transfer Links Peninsular Component a b M S MENON A case for inter basin transfer of water Usurped in The Hindu Nov 19 2002 National Water Development Agency of India Proposed Interbasin Transfer Links Himalayan Component Siberian River Project Revived 08 Sep 06 Mussen T D Cocherell D Poletto J B Reardon J S Hockett Z Ercan A Bandeh H Kavvas M L Cech Jr J J Fangue N A 2014 Fulton Christopher J ed Unscreened Water Diversion Pipes Pose an Entrainment Risk to the Threatened Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris PLOS ONE 9 1 e86321 Bibcode 2014PLoSO 986321M doi 10 1371 journal pone 0086321 PMC 3893286 PMID 24454967 Further reading EditFereidoun Ghassemi and Ian White Inter Basin Water Transfer Case Studies from Australia United States Canada China and India Cambridge University Press International Hydrology Series 2007 ISBN 978 0 521 86969 0Portal Water Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Interbasin transfer amp oldid 1137304178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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