Globally we see examples of structures built to preserve water. The constructing of very large dams, major water-transfer and navigation projects, and large-scale rebuilding schemes are constantly underway. These emphasize the huge scopes and the challenges of future mega projects that we as humans are faced with. Surely it will alter our freshwater environment.

When big-scale and complicated engineering projects are planned, it costs an enormous amount of money. It takes years to be developed and constructed. It will affect many political borders and involve many private and public investors.

Three Major Future Engineering Projects:

The South-North IBT

The South-North IBT in China is already under construction and one of the megastructures for the future. The undertaking will divert vast amounts of water through three branches from the Yangtze basin to northern and western China. The cost of this project is enormous. Plans exist for another large-scale transfer project to divert water from the major rivers in SW China.

The Indian Rivers Linking Project

The Indian Rivers Linking Project will probably become the largest water substructure project ever undertaken internationally. The project includes the construction of 30 links, 300 lakes and to connect 37 Himalayan and Peninsular rivers to form a massive water network system on the Indian subcontinent.

The TRANSAQUA Project

The Transaqua project is the largest water infrastructure scheme planned in Africa, proposed to sidetrack water from the Congo Basin, through a 2,400 km maneuverable canal, to the Chari River and finally to Lake Chad. Intentions are to steady the lake area and to create large irrigation areas north of the lake.

Many settlements must be relocated, and landscape changes will take place during the construction of these megastructures. Unless these projects are successful, the future of water supply for agricultural purposes seems rather dire, which is why the importance of these projects cannot be emphasized enough.

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