South-north water project benefits 195m

More than 90 billion cubic meters of water — enough to fill nearly 6,300 West Lakes in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province — have been channeled from water-rich southern China to the arid north through the country's giant South-to-North Water Diversion Project, official data released on Monday showed, underscoring the project's growing role as a strategic buffer against chronic water scarcity.