It can supply on average 9.5 billion cubic meters of water annually for about 100 million people in places like Beijing, Tianjin and the nearby provinces of Henan and Hebei, Xinhua said.
新华社称，这使得年均95亿立方米的供水能够被京津冀及河南的1亿人口所用。
Some provinces in northern China have less freshwater per person than the desert countries of the Middle East. Of the country's total, water-intensive industries such as clothing and electronics manufacturing consume a quarter - a share the think-tank 2030 Water Resources Group expects to grow to a third by 2030.
中国北方的一些省份，人均淡水量比中东的一些沙漠国家都少。高耗水产业，如纺织业和电子制造业要耗掉国家总用水量的1/4,而2030年水资源小组（一个智库）认为，这一比例在2030年会增至1/3.
中国南水北调工程
The first stage of China's south-to-north transfer brought water to the industry-heavy northeast, but it was barely useable when it reached Tianjin because it picked up pollutants and sediment while flowing north through polluted soil.
南水北调的一期工程向重工业的东北地区调水，然而，因为途径北部被污染的土壤，水里含有污物和沉积物，水到天津时已基本不可用了。
中国南水北调工程
That has raised concerns about the latest phase - a decade in the making - bringing water via a different, less polluted route.
这也使得最近阶段的项目（耗时10年竣工）——从另一条少污染的路线调水，赢得了人们的关注。
Some experts have also voiced concern that the project's extensive tapping of water from the Yangtze River and its tributaries may damage one of China's most important water ways
有些专家同样担忧，从长江及其支流大量地开闸放水会对长江——这一国家命脉的水道造成伤害。以下是来自美国网友评论：
