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从丹江口水库历经15天的流程，南水北调工程的水终于流入了北京。

The water from a south China river flowed into Beijing on Saturday after a journey of over 1,200 kilometers along the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

在经过了 1200 多公里的长途跋涉之后，南水北调工程中的中国南方一条河流的水终于在星期六流入了北京。

It took 15 days for the water to arrive in Beijing from its source -- the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, China’s largest waterway.

这些水从汉江源头出发到抵达北京花费了 15 天的时间。汉江是中国最大河流长江的分支。

Saturday’s delivery marks the completion of the middle route’s first stage, construction of which began exactly 12 years ago.

星期六的河水的抵达标志着南水北调中线工程一期的完工，这个工程总计花费了 12 年的时候才完成。

The project will have significant economic, social and environmental impacts, said E Jingping, chief of the State Council's South-to-North Water Diversion Project Commission Office. Next year, about 800 million cubic meters of water will be sent to Beijing from the south.

国务院南水北调工程建设委员会办公室党组书记鄂竟平说，这个工程有显著的经济效益、社会效益和环境影响。明年，将有 8 亿立方米的水将会从南方流到北京。

Beijing, on average, consumes 3.6 billion cubic meters of water annually and the project will eventually deliver 1 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing. The water resource per capita in Beijing is one eightieth of the world average. The project will alleviate the pressure Beijing faces to meet demand, said Sun Guosheng, director of the project’s Beijing office, but the project would not completely solve Beijing’s water issues. Additional measures must be taken.

北京平均每年消耗 36 亿立方米水，南水北调工程将会向北京输送 10 亿立方米的水。北京的人均水量只有世界人均水量的八分之一。南水北调工程北京办公室的主人孙国胜说，南水北调工程将会缓解北京所面临的供求压力，但是这一工程不能完全解决北京的供水问题。我们还需要采取其他措施来解决北京自来水的供给矛盾。