Chris Buckley, A Quiet Start to South-North Water Transfer. New York Times, Dec 12, 2013 (blog). http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes. ... orth-water-transfer
(“On Tuesday, the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion project began officially drawing water from the Yangtze River and carrying it to Dezhou in Shandong Province 山东省德州市, where urbanization and industrialization have devoured local sources”)