Chinanews, Beijing, Aug 31 – “In the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the rivers and lakes involved in the project are being polluted. We should be highly alert to this problem,” said Nan Zhengzhong, deputy to the NPC, China's top legislature."If the problem is not solved, all the water involved in the project might be contaminated. At that time, the water diversion project might become a “sewage transfer project,” he said.He made the statement while attending a NPC work meeting held to summarise what NPC had done in tracing the water pollution situation in the Huaihe and Liaohe River regions. During the meeting, many NPC deputies urged to pay high attention to the water pollution problem in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.At present, the rivers in many places across China have become either dried or heavily polluted. The living conditions of people in these regions are being challenged. “We should pay great attention to this phenomenon and do a great job in preventing water pollution,” said NPC delegate Jia Zhijie.In order to solve the water pollution problem occurring in places along the North-to-South Water Diversion Project, many delegates suggested that in every province or region where the diversion project passed, local government should take responsibility to tackle the problem in their administrative region. In addition, the central government might set a deadline urging the local governments to solve the problem within a certain time.