Water transportation

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This article is about the transportation of water. For transport of people or goods using water-based vehicles, see Water transport.



Major Water Transportation Projects[edit]

The Grand Canal of China, finished in the 7th Century AD and measuring 1,794 kilometres (1,115 mi).

The California Aqueduct, near Sacramento, is 715 km (444 mi) long.

The Great Manmade River is a vast underground network of pipes (1600 kilometres / 994 miles) in the Sahara desert, transporting water from an immense aquifer to the largest cities in the region.

The Keita Integrated Development Project used specially created plows called the Delphino, Treno and Scarabeo to build water catchments. In these catchments, trees were planted which grow on the water flowing through the ditches.[1][2] The Kimberley Water Source Project is currently underway in Australia to determine the best method of transporting water from the Fitzroy River to the city of Perth. Options being considered include a 3,700 kilometre canal, a pipeline of at least 1,800 kilometres, tankers of 300,000 to 500,000 tonnes, and water bags each carrying between 0.5 and 1.5 gigalitres.


Manual water transportation[edit]

Sakka of Mecca, 1779

Historically water was transported by hand in dry countries, by traditional waterers such as the sakkas of Arabia and Bhishti of India.

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