China starts to build Asia’s biggest reclaimed water wetland park

Beijing has started to build Asia’s biggest reclaimed water wetland park in its southeastern part. Covering a total area of 638,000 square meters, it will use reclaimed water from a nearby wastewater processing plant as the sole water source.

It would be able to take in up to 500,000 tonnes of reclaimed water every day after construction.

A large part of the reclaimed water processed in the plant will be directly discharged into the Tonghui River that flows through the region, according to Wang Jiawei, a senior employee from Beijing Drainage Group Co., Ltd.

The reclaimed water will flow into the wetland through underground pipes before joining the river and helping improve the surrounding environment, Wang said.

The park will be completed by the end of this year, with a green area accounting for 60.8 percent and the water body taking up 25 percent of the total area.

Source: Xinhua News Agency                                                                              Update: May 10, 2019