In 2026, the scheduling of water and sediment diversion from the Yellow River reservoir ended, and the downstream river flow stabilized.

According to the Ministry of Water Resources, at 9:00 on July 10th, with the reduction of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir's discharge flow rate to 600 cubic meters per second, it marked the end of the Yellow River water diversion and sediment transport reservoir dispatching in 2026. This water diversion and sediment transport operation started on June 22nd and lasted for 19 days. During this period, the maximum discharge flow rate of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir was 4990 cubic meters per second, and the maximum sediment concentration in the outflow was 787 kilograms per cubic meter.