(August 22, 2006) ‘Economic growth cannot be allowed to come at a steep environmental cost,’ says Ma Jun, author of a book on China’s water crisis. ‘It is time for the government to cope with the realities of declining water stocks.’
China pours £70bn into rescuing its water supply
(August 23, 2006) The water in China is unfit for drinking, the government admitted this week, as it announced plans to spend £70 billion (US$132 billion) over five years on sewage and water treatment facilities.
Yellow River water use to be regulated
(August 2, 2006) China has launched what it said was its toughest water management program for the Yellow River in a bid to stem rampant over-exploitation along the nation’s second longest waterway.
Water pollution study keeps innovation in mind
(August 21, 2006) China will invest billions of yuan in a study on water pollution that will run for 15 years and look into drinking water security, environmental improvement of river basins and urban water pollution treatment, China Daily reports.
Fixing leaks can avert world water woes: expert
(August 21, 2006) Fixing leaky pipes in conurbations from Mexico City to New Delhi is a better way to avert water shortages as the world population grows than costly schemes such as dams, a leading expert says.
China: Tibetan water plans raise concerns
(August 9, 2006) China’s gigantic water bureaucracy constantly needs to find new work to do and is now turning its attention to Tibet, says a Tibetan expert on natural resources.
Chinese impose rules for water use
(August 3, 2006) ‘We need to give priority to conservation because there is now inefficient use of water in agriculture, in the cities, in the urban and industrial uses along the [Yellow] river,’ says Ma Jun, author of China’s Water Crisis.
China’s drinking water situation grim; heavy pollution to blame
(August 3, 2006) China will soon revise its national compulsory standards on drinking water quality. The indices for testing will rise from 35 to 107, and include organic pollutants and other substances caused by industrial pollution.
£21bn ($US39bn) pipe will draw water 3,000 miles
(August 2, 2006) China is planning a network of tunnels and canals to divert water from Tibet to the parched Yellow River.
Struggling Beijing should have new source of water by 2008 – official
(August 2, 2006) The first phase of the ambitious south-north water diversion project will provide Beijing with a much-needed source of new water by the time the Olympic Games are held in the city in 2008, a top Chinese water official has confirmed.
300b yuan bid to boost water flow from west
(August 2, 2006) Critics question the environmental cost and feasibility of the third route of the south-north water diversion scheme.
Northwest may grab more Yangtze water
(August 1, 2006) China is considering a 300-billion-yuan (US$37.5 billion) plan to divert water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the Yellow River to help the thirsty northwestern areas.
China to divert Tibet’s waters to parched west
(August 1, 2006) China’s quest to master its future through vast engineering feats could test new limits as Beijing prepares a controversial scheme to channel water from Tibet to the parched Yellow River in the country’s west.
China suspicious of nonprofit organizations
(June 25, 2006) China fears that money from the West may be backing democracy: political and environmental activist Dai Qing, for example, organized training camps for NGOs sponsored by Probe International and the Open Society Institute.
Pollution control ordered to protect Beijing water source
(June 23, 2006) Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has ordered governments on the upper reaches of the Danjiangkou reservoir to curb pollution so that water to be diverted to Beijing will remain clean.
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