Canal bringing water to Beijing is almost finished.
China has basically completed a water diversion canal that will provide emergency supplies to Beijing, the Beijing Morning News reported on Wednesday. Read more here.
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Fertilizer Finishes-off Fish
/in China, Pacific, Water News/by Circle of BlueWater pollution from homemade fertilizer affected the drinking water of 9,000 people in two towns in southwest China’s Yunnan province last week and killed 20 tons of fish in a fishery, officials said on Tuesday.Read more here.
Three Gorges cleanup effort fails to improve water quality.
/in China, Hydropower, Pacific, Water News/by Circle of BlueDespite an ambitious, multibillion-dollar effort to clean up the Three Gorges reservoir, water quality in the lake has not improved, according to a report by China’s top environmental regulator agency. Read more here.
Video: Desert Overtaking Inner Mongolia
/in Asia, China, Drought, South Asia, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueChanges in patterns of precipitation in an already parched region, leading to severe shortages of freshwater.
Video: Reign of Sand
/in Asia, China, Pacific, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueThe blowing sand in Inner Mongolia is more evidence of the consequences of the duel China fights as it promotes rapid industrial development.
Blackwater: Rare Court Victory in Pollution Case
/in Agriculture, Asia, China, Drought, Pacific, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueDianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands.
A Track to Modern Nomads
/in Agriculture, Asia, China, Climate Change, Drought, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueEast Umchjin County, near the border with Mongolia, a place renowned for what Chinese scientists call "typical grasslands.
Drinking Milk Tea
/in Asia, China, Drought, Pacific, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueAn Inner Mongolia herder, confined by the government to a small pasture for his animals, is nevertheless more fortunate than some.
A Vast Chinese Grassland, a Way of Life Turns to Dust
/in Agriculture, Asia, China, Climate Change, Drought, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of Blue600 miles north of Beijing the whole of the largest contiguous grasslands on Earth opens to the horizon.
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