The , popularly known as G-Cans, is an underground water infrastructure project in
Kasukabe, Saitama
is a special city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 233,278 in 108,328 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Kasukabe is famous for the production of , tradition ...
, Japan. It is the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility, built to
mitigate overflowing of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and
typhoon
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seasons. It is located between Showa and Kasukabe in Saitama prefecture, on the outskirts of the city of Tokyo in the Greater Tokyo Area.
Work on the project started in 1992 and was completed by early 2006.
It consists of five concrete containment silos with heights of and diameters of , connected by of tunnels, beneath the surface, as well as a large water tank with a height of , with a length of , with a width of , and with fifty-nine massive pillars connected to seventy-eight pumps that can pump up to of water into the
Edo River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It splits from the Tone River at the northernmost tip of Noda City in the Sekiyado district, crosses through Nagareyama and Matsudo, and empties into Tokyo Bay at Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. The E ...
per second.
G-Cans
G-Cans, originally G-CANS PROJECT, is the name of a civic group whose goal is to "transform the area surrounding the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel and the Shōwa Drainage Pump Station into a new cultural and community hub, utilizing these regional resources to promote regional development"; "CANS" represents the idea that "anything can be done with the ideas and actionable proposals of us citizens".
While the term "G-Cans" is commonly used in English to refer to the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel itself,
it originally refers to this specific civic initiative.
See also
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Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (in
Chicago
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Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (, or , "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located southwest of the Hagi ...
(in Istanbul)
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Underground construction
Underground construction refers to the construction of underground tunnels, shafts, chambers, and passageways. It is also sometimes used to describe the portion of traditional construction that takes place below ground.
History
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Stormwater
Stormwater, also written storm water, is water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and meltwater from hail and snow. Stormwater can soak into the soil ( infiltrate) and become groundwater, be stored on depressed lan ...
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Sewerage
Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff ( stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and scr ...
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Aqueducts in Japan
Buildings and structures in Saitama Prefecture
Flood control projects
Flood control in Japan
Geography of Saitama Prefecture
Macro-engineering
Science and technology in Japan
Tourist attractions in Saitama Prefecture
Water tunnels
Drainage tunnels
Tunnels in Japan