【Daily Question】Hydropower Engineering - 20191029

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The “Opinions of the State Council on Implementing the Strictest Water Resources Management System” call for strict management and protection of groundwater, with the following requirements: ( ).    A. Strengthen the monitoring of groundwater dynamics, and implement total control over groundwater extraction and use as well as water level control ；      B. In areas where groundwater is overexploited, new extraction of groundwater for agricultural, industrial construction projects, and service industries is prohibited, and the level of overextraction should be gradually reduced to achieve a balance between groundwater extraction and recharge ；    C. Deep confined groundwater can in principle only be used as an emergency and strategic reserve water source ；    D. Regulate the approval process for well construction in accordance with the law, and require the closure within a set time frame of private water wells located within the coverage area of the urban public water supply network ；    E. Expedite the formulation and implementation of a national plan for the utilization and protection of groundwater, as well as plans for reducing groundwater extraction in the areas receiving water from the East and Central routes of the South-to-North Water Transfer project, in areas affected by land subsidence, and in areas subject to seawater intrusion, in order to gradually cut back extraction levels. Answer: ABCDE