Monday, November 10th

Today we visit the Guilin Water System Construction and Development Company, Ltd. They share with us a project to connect the 2 rivers (Li & Peach Blossom Rivers) with 4 lakes (Rong, Shan, Gui & Mulong Lakes). The purpose of the project was to improve the water quality of the lakes and to beautify the city to increase tourism. It was quite astonishing to think a project of this scale, that displaced over 3,000 residents and multiple industries, separated combined sewer and added additional wastewater mains, was completed in less than 3 years. We took a tour of the river/ lake system and it was really beautiful. I can see why this area has a successful tourism industry.