Wangkuai Reservoir (Chinese: 王快水库[3]), also known as Wangkuai Shuiku,[4] is a large-scale reservoir located in Dangcheng Township, Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, China.[5] It controls a watershed area of 3,770 square kilometers with a total reservoir capacity of 1,389 million cubic meters. [6] This project was designed by the Hebei Provincial Water Resources Department (河北省水利厅).[7]
| Wangkuai Reservoir 王快水库 | |
|---|---|
  Wangkuai Reservoir 王快水库  Wangkuai Reservoir 王快水库  Wangkuai Reservoir 王快水库 | |
| Location | Dangcheng, Baoding[1] |
| Coordinates | 38°45′30″N 114°26′20″E / 38.75833°N 114.43889°E |
| Type | large-scale reservoir |
| Basin countries | China |
| Built | 1958[2] |
History
editConstruction of Wangkuai Reservoir was started in June 1958[8] and was basically completed in July 1960.[9] The continuation project of the reservoir was carried out in 1969,[10] and was completed in 1974. Its de-risking and strengthening project started in 2002 with a three-year construction period.[11]
In 2008, the connection project between Xidayang Reservoir and Wangkuai Reservoir was started,[12] and in 2012, the connection project was completed.[13]
References
edit- ^ Hebei Baoding Electric Power Industry History. Xinhua Publishing House. 1992. pp. 120–. ISBN 9787501113750.
- ^ Hebei Geographical Names Dictionary. Hebei Science and Technology Press. 1991. pp. 1068–.
- ^ "Wangkuai Reservoir and West Dayang Reservoir once again supply water to Baiyangdian Lake this year". Xinhua News Agency. 2017-11-20.[dead link]
- ^ China Geographical Names Committee (1994). Collection of Geographical Names of the People's Republic of China. China Society Press. pp. 764–. ISBN 978-7-80088-395-8.
- ^ "Zhengjiazhuang in Quyang built a bridge to facilitate the passage of more than 200 teachers and students". Sohu.com. 2012-06-06.
- ^ "Overview of the construction of the Wangkuai Reservoir De-risk Reinforcement Project". CNKI. 2003-02-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Han Aiyoung (1998). Qu Yang County History. Xinhua Publishing. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-7-5011-4171-5.
- ^ Hebei City and County Overview. Hebei Provincial Local History Compilation Committee. 1987. pp. 1190–.
- ^ Hebei Provincial History: History of Water Resources. Hebei People's Publishing House. pp. 96–.
- ^ Zhang Xiaolin (1999). Tang County History. Hebei People's Publishing House. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-7-202-02453-9.
- ^ "Wangkuai Reservoir's danger elimination and reinforcement project officially started". CNKI. 2003-12-08.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Xidayang and Wangkuai Reservoir will be connected two years later". Sina. 2008-10-30.
- ^ "Two major reservoirs in Baoding, Hebei are connected to supply over 100 million cubic meters of water to Baiyangdian in a year". China News Service. 2012-05-30.
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