环湖大堤工程是党中央、国务院确定的综合治理太湖水患的十项骨干工程之一。其中浙江段工程全长64.6公里，处在湖州市区和长兴县境内，涉及沿太湖西南岸9个乡（镇）48个行政村。该工程是为增加太湖的调蓄能力，控制太湖高水位时南侵杭嘉湖平原而兴建的一项防洪工程，兼顾航运、 The project of the lake embankment is one of the ten backbone projects that the Central Party Committee and the State Council have determined to comprehensively control flooding in Taihu Lake. Zhejiang section of which a total length of 64.6 kilometers, located in the urban area of ​​Changzhou and Huzhou, involving nine townships (towns) 48 administrative villages along the southwest coast of Taihu Lake. The project is to increase the storage capacity of Taihu Lake, controlling the Taihu Lake high altitude southward invasion of Hangjiahu Plain and the construction of a flood control project, taking into account shipping,