Guanting Reservoir

Guanting Reservoir (Chinese: 官厅水库^[1]), also known as Guanting Shuiku,^[2] is the first large-scale reservoir^[3] after the founding of the People's Republic of China.^[4]

Guanting Reservoir 官厅水库
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Location	at the junction of Beijing and Hebei Province
Coordinates	40°23′N 115°48′E
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	China
Built	13 May 1954

Guanting Reservoir is located at the junction of Beijing and Hebei Province,^[5] mostly in Huailai County, Hebei Province, and a small part in Yanqing County, Beijing.^[6] The reservoir is named after the dam built near the Guanting Town (官厅镇).

History

Guanting Reservoir started construction in October 1951^[7] and was completed on 13 May 1954,^[8] with the main flow of water being the Yongding River in Huailai. The reservoir covers an area of 230 square kilometers and has a total storage capacity of 2.2 billion cubic meters.^[9]

Guanting Reservoir was a major source of fresh water for Beijing^[10] and neighboring regions.^[11] Due to water contamination, the reservoir was withdrawn from the system to supply Beijing with drinking water in 1997,^[12] but after thorough treatment, the reservoir has been an alternate water source since 2007.^[13]

References

1. Chinese Encyclopedia, Volume 49. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 1980.
2. Encyclopedia of National History of the People's Republic of China. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 1999. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-7-5000-6218-9.
3. "The Guanting Reservoir, the First Large-scale Reservoir since the Founding of the People's Republic of China, is Ready for Operation on May 13, 1954". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 13 May 2020.
4. Bryan Tilt (2 December 2014). Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power. Columbia University Press. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-231-53826-8.
5. Meng, Jing; Zhou, Yunqiao; Liu, Sifan; Chen, Shuqin; Wang, Tieyu (14 December 2019). "Increasing perfluoroalkyl substances and ecological process from the Yongding Watershed to the Guanting Reservoir in the Olympic host cities, China". Environment International. 133 (Pt B): 105224. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105224. PMID 31665680. S2CID 204965946.
6. "The water in the Guanting Reservoir is clearer". People's Daily. 19 June 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Resurrection of the Yongding River". Xinhuanet.com. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020.
8. "This Day, That Year: May 13". China Daily. 13 May 2019.
9. "The first large reservoir in New China was completed". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 15 May 2020.
10. "Large wetland park built in Winter Olympic host city". China Daily. 21 August 2017.
11. Yihui, Wen; Guihuan, Liu; Rui, Wu (1 July 2018). "Eco-Compensati on in Guanting Reservoir Watershed Based on Spatiotemporal Variations of Water Yield and Purification Services". Journal of Resources and Ecology. 9 (4): 416–425. doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2018.04.009. S2CID 135005498.
12. "The "three accounts" of the Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park". Qiushi. 27 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
13. "Guanting Reservoir is "alive"". Xinhua News Agency. 22 June 2020.