Title: China's innovative Danshui North Transportation Project: a win-win situation for waterway and rail transportation.
On December 5, 2023, a high-profile event was staged, a train carrying 2,150 tons of clear Danjiang water solemnly arrived in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, bringing high-quality water from the Danjiang Estuary to the water-scarce areas in Northwest China. This makes people wonder how the South-to-North Water Diversion Project can be transported by train instead of building a waterway pipeline. Behind this lies an amazing Danshui North Transport Project.
In December last year, China Pingmei Shenma Group announced this special project in Pingdingshan, Henan Province. The Danshui North Transportation Project will send the high-quality water resources of the Danjiangkou Reservoir to Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi to the north through the Haoji Railway, solving the problem of water shortage in Northwest China. The annual water transmission of the project is as high as 10 million tons, involving the whole line of water intake, water transportation, water production, sales and other systems, and the construction period is only two years.
Danjiangkou Reservoir, located in the middle reaches of the Han River, is a large reservoir spanning the provinces of Hubei and Henan. Its water quality is excellent, and it has been stably maintaining the national standard for many years, and is known as the Asian Heavenly Pool. The reservoir provides a reliable source of water for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. The Danshui North Transportation Project makes full use of the Haoji Railway to realize the safe transportation of water resources through the research and development of nylon open-top reusable flexitanks. The fully automatic container loading and unloading function provides technical support for the smooth implementation of the project.
Why did you choose to pull water by train instead of building a waterway pipeline? This reflects the wisdom of the Chinese people. Behind the project is closely related to another project, the transportation of coal from the north to the south. The transportation of coal from the north to the south is a project to transport the abundant coal resources from the north to the shortage areas in the south. Due to the huge coal reserves in the north, but the major cities in the south need a large amount of coal, so the transportation of coal from the north to the south is an effective way to solve the energy problem. The returning vehicle returns empty, resulting in wasted transportation costs and time costs.
The Haoji Railway was built for the transportation of coal from the north to the south, connecting Haole Baoji in Inner Mongolia and Ji'an in Jiangxi Province, passing through many cities along the way, with a designed annual coal transportation capacity of up to 200 million tons. In order to make better use of this north-south coal transportation channel, Danshui North Transportation combines the northern coal transportation to the south and water transportation, making the Haoji Railway a large north-south transportation channel. This innovative design solves the problem of coal shortage in the south and water shortage in the north, realizes the railway to earn double remuneration back and forth, and promotes economic connectivity.
Some people may wonder why instead of building aqueducts, we have to go through the trouble of pulling water by train. The Danjiangkou Reservoir is far away from the water-scarce areas in Northwest China, and the construction of new water conservancy projects requires huge capital and time costs. Taking the South-to-North Water Diversion Project as an example, it has gone through many years of hard work and difficulties since its construction started in 2002, and is one of the largest water diversion projects in human history. In contrast, the use of the existing Haoji railway is feasible and can save resources more, which is in line with the national concept of conservation and sustainable development.
The Danshui Beiyun project is an innovative attempt in China's railway engineering, demonstrating the great wisdom of the Chinese people in solving water and energy problems. Today, when global railway technology is all the rage, China's railway technology is also going global. This project not only solves the problem of transporting water and coal resources between the north and the south, but also demonstrates China's unique use of railways and demonstrates China's power to the world.
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