Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis

Posted by Matt in June 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Water, beijing, Canada, Conservation Group, Games, Greenery, Greeting Visitors, Nature, Probe International, Sport, Water Crisis, Water Supply, Waterways

Beijing has promoted its 2008 Games as a nature-friendly festival of sport, but water for the expanses of greenery and sparkling waterways greeting visitors in August will be pumped from sources already battered by over-use and over-engineering, says Probe International, a Canada-based conservation group.
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Water shortages could be every bit as worrying as oil shortages

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, general, Bio Energy, Biofuel, Carpets, Cement, Coffee Fruit, Crops, Detergents, Economy Work, Electrical Appliances, Energy Need, Fruit Pizza, Global Economy, Litre, Oil Shortage, Oil Shortages, Petrol, Power Generation, T Shirt, Verge, Water Crisis, Water Shortage, Water Shortages

The world is on the verge of a water crisis. As the global economy and the world’s population continue to expand, we are becoming a much thirstier planet. It is important to realise just how much water we need to make the various aspects of our economy work.
Every litre of petrol requires up to 2.5litres [...]

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, Chinese Public, Current Rate, Economic Expansion, Economic Juggernaut, Economic Power, Environmental Degradation, Groundwater, Hydrologist, International Repercussions, North China, Political Challenge, Pollution Problem, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes, Richard Evans, Ruling Communist Party, Three Decades, Water Crisis, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Scarcity

For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, Chinaâ€™s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China â€” even as demand [...]

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Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis

Water shortages could be every bit as worrying as oil shortages

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

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