[South-to-North Water Diversion East Line Starts Full Water Diversion in 2026-2027] October 20th, according to China South-to-North Water Diversion Group, today (October 20), the first phase of the East Line of South-to-North Water Diversion Project started full-line water diversion in 2026-2027. This is the first time in the 14 years since the east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been opened that water diversion has been started. This annual water transfer plan plans to provide a net increase of 561 million cubic meters of water supply to Jiangsu Province, a net increase of 42 million cubic meters of water supply to Anhui Province, and a net increase of 665 million cubic meters of water supply to Shandong Province. The Taierzhuang Pumping Station of the Sulu Interprovincial Project plans to transfer 1.007 billion cubic meters of water to Shandong Province.