Fujian starts providing fresh water to Kinmen, Taiwan

FUZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- An undersea pipeline started delivering fresh water from Chinese mainland's coastal province of Fujian to Kinmen, a small island of Taiwan, on Sunday morning.

The source of the water-diversion project is located at the Longhu Lake in Jinjiang city, the second largest lake of Fujian.

The 28-km pipeline is able to provide 34,000 cubic meters of water daily to meed demands of Kinmen residents. The capacity can be expanded to 55,000 cubic meters in future.?