中國(guó)南水北調(diào)官方網(wǎng)站公布，南水北調(diào)北京段應(yīng)急調(diào)水已開始，第一批河北水源正在奔向北京，預(yù)計(jì)9月下旬正式到京。目前，北京已做好迎接南水北調(diào)京石段應(yīng)急水源準(zhǔn)備，并將出臺(tái)河北應(yīng)急來水的水量配置計(jì)劃，主要保證城市生活用水。

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According to the South-to-North water diversion office, when part of the project is completed in 2010, about 1 billion cubic meters of water will be diverted to Beijing annually.

據(jù)南水北調(diào)辦公室稱，到2010年該工程部分項(xiàng)目完工時(shí)，每年將會(huì)有大約十億立方米的水源輸往北京。

上述報(bào)道中，South-to-North water diversion 就是“南水北調(diào)”的英文表達(dá)，South-to-North Water Diversion Project 是“南水北調(diào)工程”，The South-to-North Water Diversion Project, consisting of eastern, middle and western routes, is designed to divert water from the water-rich south of the country, mainly the Yangtze River, the country's longest, to the dry north.（南水北調(diào)工程包括東線、中線、西線三條調(diào)水線路，主要從水資源豐富的長(zhǎng)江流域往干旱的北方地區(qū)輸送水源）。