(October 29, 2010) A man has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for dumping 6,500 tons of sludge from a waste water treatment plants, located nearby the premises of a ground water source protected-area in a suburb of Beijing.
Rural communities pay price of China’s boom
(October 29, 2010) China’s economic progress is being powered by huge projects to supply the booming cities with water and power – but that comes at a price for rural communities displaced by the new infrastructure.
Mainland’s water woes seen to get far worse
(October 18, 2010) The water crisis that Beijing faces today, with an estimated supply deficit of 400 million cubic metres, will be afflicting China’s major cities in 20 years, and millions of urban Chinese citizens will suffer, says Probe International’s Executive Director, Patricia Adams, in an article for the South China Morning Post.
China will have put 140.5 bln yuan into water diversion project till 2010
(October 4, 2010) China will have invested a total of 140.5 billion yuan (about 21 billion U.S. dollars) in its ambitious South-to-North Water Diversion (SNWD) project from 2006 to 2010, the country’s water diversion authority said Monday.
New bath cities and ski resorts are banned in Beijing to save water
(October 1, 2010) To tackle the city’s water shortage, the Beijing government has launched a new measure on water use regulations that forbids high water usage industries, like bath cities, ski resorts and golf courses, from start new branches, the Beijing news reports.
New life breathed into dusty, dry, dead river
(September 28, 2010) Wanping Lake, which is alongside Yongding River, had been dry for almost three decades before it was brought back to life a week ago.
Beijing to pass pioneering pollution law
(September 26, 2010) Beijing is likely to be the first on the mainland to pass a local law against water pollution that allows government institutions and organizations to assist victims in collecting evidence against polluters in civil lawsuits.
The Sichuan Earthquake’s Lessons for Dam Builders
(Sepember 23, 2010) Given their relatively short lifetimes to date, modern dams remain generally untested against real-world seismic activity. A report from the International Commission On Large Dams considers the lessons learned from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
City hoping to mop up problem of waste water
(September 21, 2010) Beijing is likely to suffer from a 12th consecutive year of drought, according to local authorities and experts who warned of water shortages and called for improved water conservation.
One of city’s famed 8 scenic spots to be restored at Lugou Bridge
(September 20, 2010) Lugou Xiaoyue, or the moon over the Lugou Bridge at dawn, known as one of the “Eight Scenic Spots of Yanjing [Beijing],” will make a comeback during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, 30 years after the Yongding River dried up.
Sumitomo enters alliance for water infrastructure in China
(September 20, 2010) Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation (China) Holding Limited agreed with Beijing Capital Co Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) Co Limited to enter into an alliance for water infrastructure related business.
Dead River comes back to life in China
(September 20, 2010) A river that went bone dry two decades ago in China is bursting back to life following successful implementation of an ambitious environmental project.
Progress anything but smooth on China’s ambitious, and costly, water plan
(September 20, 2010) China is engaged on the world’s most ambitious replumbing scheme.
Beijingers sup from worst river in China
(Sept. 19, 2010 ) About 60 percent of the Haihe River is severely polluted by heavy industry and poses a serious danger to the food and drinking water of Beijing, environmental watchdogs warned Saturday.
Water shortages reach crisis levels in China
(September 13, 2010) China is struggling to divert enough water to control its worsening water crisis, writes CNN.
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