14.2 Water Resource Allocation
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14.2 Water Resource Allocation
14.2.1 1987 Water Resource Allocation Plan
Consequently, and in order to resolve the water conflicts among provinces, the YRCC
has done a lot of work since the 1970s and proposed the water use and forecast for
provinces along the river. In 1983, MWP held a review meeting on water resource
assessment and comprehensive use and provided preliminary suggestions on water
resource allocation of the river basin. In August 1984, the National Planning Commission regulated and proposed the allocation plan for the available volume before
the operation of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, after meeting with 12
provinces that have a close relation to river water resources.
In 1987, the Office of the State Council issued the Yellow River Water Allocation
Plan. The plan (Table 14.1) allocated a total of 37 billion m
3 in water resources
among the ten provinces that use water from the basin. The total water available for
allocation was determined by deducting 21 billion m
3 for sediment transportation
(Office of the State Council 1987).
The allocation plan was formulated based on the actual water use in 1980
and investigated the provincial irrigation development, industrial and urban water
increase, and the possibility to develop large and medium-size projects. The total
water use would be 40% more than that of 1980. The allocation plan is based on the
actual water consumption of each province. Provinces can abstract a larger volume
but are required to return much of it to the river system.
The report to the State Council by National Planning Commission and MWP
concluded that the allocation plan has considered the maximum possible water supply
volume of the river; and only abide by and implementation of the plan can alleviate upstream and downstream water-use conflict between, promote rational water
resource use, and achieve better economic, ecological, and social benefits.
1
14.2.2 Monthly Allocation in 1998
The allocation plan was not implemented for 10 years after the plan was issued.
The water supply continued increasing to 44.4 billion m
3 in 1990 and 50.5 billion
m
3 in 2000, and this led to the most serious period of no flow occurring in the
trunk stream in 1997. These ongoing problems resulted in the National Planning
Commission and MWR issuing “the monthly allocation of available water supply
and trunk stream regulation plan of the Yellow River” in 1998 (Table 14.2). The plan
defined the monthly allocation for each province in a normal water year (National
Planning Commission and MWR 1998a). The 1998 plan is a more detailed version
of the 1987 plan, with annual control of consumption changed to monthly control.
1 https://www.gov.cn/xxgk/pub/govpublic/mrlm/201103/t20110330_63799.html.
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14.2 Water Resource Allocation
14.2.1 1987 Water Resource Allocation Plan
Consequently, and in order to resolve the water conflicts among provinces, the YRCC
has done a lot of work since the 1970s and proposed the water use and forecast for
provinces along the river. In 1983, MWP held a review meeting on water resource
assessment and comprehensive use and provided preliminary suggestions on water
resource allocation of the river basin. In August 1984, the National Planning Commission regulated and proposed the allocation plan for the available volume before
the operation of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, after meeting with 12
provinces that have a close relation to river water resources.
In 1987, the Office of the State Council issued the Yellow River Water Allocation
Plan. The plan (Table 14.1) allocated a total of 37 billion m
3 in water resources
among the ten provinces that use water from the basin. The total water available for
allocation was determined by deducting 21 billion m
3 for sediment transportation
(Office of the State Council 1987).
The allocation plan was formulated based on the actual water use in 1980
and investigated the provincial irrigation development, industrial and urban water
increase, and the possibility to develop large and medium-size projects. The total
water use would be 40% more than that of 1980. The allocation plan is based on the
actual water consumption of each province. Provinces can abstract a larger volume
but are required to return much of it to the river system.
The report to the State Council by National Planning Commission and MWP
concluded that the allocation plan has considered the maximum possible water supply
volume of the river; and only abide by and implementation of the plan can alleviate upstream and downstream water-use conflict between, promote rational water
resource use, and achieve better economic, ecological, and social benefits.
1
14.2.2 Monthly Allocation in 1998
The allocation plan was not implemented for 10 years after the plan was issued.
The water supply continued increasing to 44.4 billion m
3 in 1990 and 50.5 billion
m
3 in 2000, and this led to the most serious period of no flow occurring in the
trunk stream in 1997. These ongoing problems resulted in the National Planning
Commission and MWR issuing “the monthly allocation of available water supply
and trunk stream regulation plan of the Yellow River” in 1998 (Table 14.2). The plan
defined the monthly allocation for each province in a normal water year (National
Planning Commission and MWR 1998a). The 1998 plan is a more detailed version
of the 1987 plan, with annual control of consumption changed to monthly control.
1 https://www.gov.cn/xxgk/pub/govpublic/mrlm/201103/t20110330_63799.html.