Zhang Huiyan Li Fusheng Zhou Liyan
£¨Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan 450003£©
Abstract: Located in the lower part in the upstream of Yellow River, Ningmeng Section is the main water utilization area in the upstream of Yellow River, the water distribution-index in normal year is 9.86 billion m3, and the current consumption has surpasses 10 billion m3. Several prominent problems currently in Ningmeng Section are worsening sediment deposition of channel, severe situation of ice-jam control and flood control, and prominent contradiction between water resources supply and demand. The causes for the problems are improper water-sediment relationship and insufficient water resources. In the paper, the problems and the causes for problems are conducted, possible measures are briefed. It shows that the construction of Heishanxia Dam Project, the implementation of the West Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project as soon as possible to enlarge Yellow River water resources quantity from headwater area are the important strategic countermeasures to solve the problems in Ningmeng Section.
Key words: Ningmeng Section, sediment deposition, ice-jam control, Heishanxia, the West Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project
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