Categories: All - agriculture - government - drought - pollution

by Natalie Wong 11 years ago

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water and stuff like that

China faces a severe water resource problem where the supply of fresh water does not meet the demand. The crisis stems from overuse and pollution of underground water supplies, industrial wastewater discharge, and climate change, which impact major rivers and contribute to the problem.

water and stuff like that

WATER CRISIS in China

Consequence

Dieseases transmitted through infected water
Reproductive issues in fish and amphibians
Disease rate increases, Cancer and etc.

Resbonsibilty

Residents responsible too
China Government

Causes

climate change
Agriculture runoff and drawing on groundwater

Risk of saltwater intrusion

pollution
Untreated sewage
Industrial wastewater discharge
Melting of glaciers

affecting

Indus river

Mekong river

Yangtze

irrational industrial structure
overuse of underground water supplies

Solution

Deep Tunnel Sewage System
Desalination
Raising the water price
Recycling of waste water
National water rights system
Constructing dams and reservoirs

Background information

China only has 1/4 of fresh water per year
North China is chronically short of water and subject to frequent droughts.

Definition

supply of fresh water does not fulfill demand
severe water resource problem