People in China's northern megacities have 74 times less fresh water than the average American — so the Chinese government has built the world's largest water diversion project, with the most ambitious and dangerous route still to come.
Source: [Live Science](https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/if-theres-any-country-that-will-do-it-its-china-why-is-china-diverting-some-of-the-worlds-mightiest-rivers-thousands-of-miles)