Feasibility study of coastal reservoirs in the Zhoushan Islands, China

Authors

Hanbin Gu, Zhejiang Ocean University
Qianli Guo, Zhejiang Ocean University
Pengzhi Lin, Sichuan UniversityFollow
Luoming Bai, Zhoushan Design Institute Of Water Conservancy
Shu-qing Yang, University of WollongongFollow
Thallak G. Sitharam, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Jianlong Liu, Zhejiang Ocean University

RIS ID

137083

Publication Details

Gu, H., Guo, Q., Lin, P., Bai, L., Yang, S., Sitharam, T. G. & Liu, J. (2019). Feasibility study of coastal reservoirs in the Zhoushan Islands, China. Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences, 35 (4), 835-841.

Abstract

With continuing economic and social development, tourism and ocean-related industries are rapidly growing such that the shortage of fresh water is becoming a severe problem in the Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China. It was assumed that this occurred because the city is lacking freshwater resources. Driven by this assumption, a project of water diversion from the mainland has been completed for two stages, and a third stage has been planned. However, 26-28% of rain water of 4.6-4.9 billion m3 has been discharged into the sea. This is much more than that obtained from the water-diversion project. Based on an analysis of the precipitation pattern in the region, the possibility of constructing coastal reservoirs in the Zhoushan Islands are discussed, which will play a significant role in solving the freshwater shortage of islands such as Zhoushan.