Reservoir in northern China
Guanting Reservoir (Chinese :官厅水库[ 1] ), also known as Guanting Shuiku,[ 2] reservoir [ 3] People's Republic of China .[ 4]
Guanting Reservoir is located at thejunction ofBeijing andHebei Province ,[ 5] Huailai County , Hebei Province, and a small part inYanqing County , Beijing.[ 6] Guanting Town (官厅镇).
Guanting Reservoir started construction in October 1951[ 7] [ 8] Yongding River in Huailai. The reservoir covers an area of 230square kilometers and has a total storage capacity of 2.2 billioncubic meters .[ 9]
Guanting Reservoir was a major source offresh water for Beijing[ 10] [ 11] water contamination , the reservoir was withdrawn from the system to supply Beijing withdrinking water in 1997,[ 12] [ 13]
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