Guanting Reservoir
{{Short description|Reservoir in northern China}}
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|date-built=13 May 1954
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Guanting Reservoir ({{zh|官厅水库{{cite book|title=Chinese Encyclopedia, Volume 49| year=1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9YUAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Encyclopedia of China Publishing House}}|pages=106–}}), also known as Guanting Shuiku,{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of National History of the People's Republic of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rwWAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Encyclopedia of China Publishing House|isbn=978-7-5000-6218-9|pages=128–}} is the first large-scale reservoir{{cite web |url=http://en.sasac.gov.cn/2020/05/13/c_1518.htm|title=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|date=2020-05-13|work=State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission}} after the founding of the People's Republic of China.{{cite book|author=Bryan Tilt|title=Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jm4kBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=2 December 2014|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-53826-8|pages=40–}}
Guanting Reservoir is located at the junction of Beijing and Hebei Province,{{cite journal |title=Increasing perfluoroalkyl substances and ecological process from the Yongding Watershed to the Guanting Reservoir in the Olympic host cities, China|date=14 December 2019|journal= Environment International|doi=10.1016/j.envint.2019.105224 |last1=Meng |first1=Jing |last2=Zhou |first2=Yunqiao |last3=Liu |first3=Sifan |last4=Chen |first4=Shuqin |last5=Wang |first5=Tieyu |volume=133 |issue=Pt B |page=105224 |pmid=31665680 |s2cid=204965946 |doi-access=free }} mostly in Huailai County, Hebei Province, and a small part in Yanqing County, Beijing.{{cite web|url=http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2020-06/19/nw.D110000renmrb_20200619_1-18.htm|title=The water in the Guanting Reservoir is clearer|date=Jun 19, 2020|work=People's Daily}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The reservoir is named after the dam built near the Guanting Town (官厅镇).
History
Guanting Reservoir started construction in October 1951{{cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-05/15/c_1125986695.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516001719/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-05/15/c_1125986695.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2020|title=Resurrection of the Yongding River|date=2020-05-15|work=Xinhuanet.com}} and was completed on 13 May 1954,{{cite web |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201905/13/WS5cd8d841a3104842260bb462.html|title=This Day, That Year: May 13|date=2019-05-13|work=China Daily}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sasac.gov.cn/n2588025/n10248920/c11206130/content.html|title=The first large reservoir in New China was completed.|date=2020-05-15|work=State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission}}
Guanting Reservoir was a major source of fresh water for Beijing{{cite web |url=http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201708/21/WS59bb6c14a310d4d9ab7e7540.html|title=Large wetland park built in Winter Olympic host city|date=2017-08-21|work=China Daily}} and neighboring regions.{{cite journal |url=https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Resources-and-Ecology/volume-9/issue-4/j.issn.1674-764x.2018.04.009/Eco-Compensati-on-in-Guanting-Reservoir-Watershed-Based-on-Spatiotemporal/10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2018.04.009.short|title=Eco-Compensati on in Guanting Reservoir Watershed Based on Spatiotemporal Variations of Water Yield and Purification Services|date=1 July 2018|journal= Journal of Resources and Ecology|doi=10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2018.04.009 |last1=Yihui |first1=Wen |last2=Guihuan |first2=Liu |last3=Rui |first3=Wu |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=416–425 |s2cid=135005498 }} Due to water contamination, the reservoir was withdrawn from the system to supply Beijing with drinking water in 1997,{{cite web|url=http://www.qstheory.cn/zhuanqu/bkjx/2018-10/27/c_1123621768.htm|title=The "three accounts" of the Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park|date=Oct 27, 2018|work=Qiushi}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but after thorough treatment, the reservoir has been an alternate water source since 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-06/22/c_1126143213.htm|title=Guanting Reservoir is "alive"|date=2020-06-22|work=Xinhua News Agency}}