Water from the Bohai Sea in North China may be channeled to the Xilin Gol league (prefecture) in Inner Mongolia to ease conditions in the drought-troubled region, officials said in Beijing.

A feasibility study on the project distributed at a seminar yesterday showed that the league planned to channel 365 million tons of water from the Bohai Sea every year.

Zhao Ping, an official from the energy department of the Xilin Gol league government, was quoted in the report as saying they planned to complete the seawater project within three years.