According to a survey released in May 2010 by China’s oldest environmental organization, Friends of Nature, three-quarters of the 803 Beijing residents interviewed say they are very concerned about the capital city’s water and blame pollution and the overexploitation of water for the crisis. More than 90 percent said they want the government to promote the use of recycled water and are prepared to install recycling facilities in their homes.

Click here for the full results from the survey, along with the original questions.

Press about the survey:

• Beijing’s water crisis unabated, neighbours pay the price
• Friends of Nature petition to the Beijing government
• Beijing residents worry their city is running out of water, looking to government for action

Photos from the conference for the release of the new survey:

• Conference site
• Conference podium
• Yang Dongping (Chairman of Friends of Nature and Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology) giving his speech: “Immediate actions to protect water resources in Beijing.”
• The front cover of the survey report
• Conference site
• Du Junfeng, the key staff, Zhou Jiang, General Manager of Mainland, Jiang Wenlai, water resource researcher from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yang Dongping, president of FON and also a Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, Kang Xue, Wang Jian, a water resources specialist and Bai Xuefeng, deputy general manager of Mainland.