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by Yingling Liu on August 3, 2006 At a July 25 national meeting on legal enforcement of the protection of drinking water sources, China’s environmental authorities concluded that the country’s water quality situation remains grim.
by Yingling Liu on July 25, 2006 A recent study by the Hebei Bureau of Hydrology and Water Resources Survey estimates that the shallow groundwater table at China’s central Hebei Plain, south of Beijing, will drop 16.2 meters on average by 2030, while the deep groundwater table will fall up to 39.9 meters on average.
by Yingling Liu on April 18, 2006 A survey released last month by China’s Ministry of Land and Resources revealed that the country has lost 8 million hectares, or 6.6 percent, of its arable land in the past decade.
by Zijun Li on March 14, 2006 The Chinese government recently passed a new regulation on water management, updating its system of use permits and stipulating charges for water consumption in agriculture.
by Zijun Li on February 3, 2006 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is financing a US $2 billion environmental improvement project in the Songhua River area of northeastern China, according to an ADB official in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province.
by Zijun Li on December 6, 2005 The rapid development of urbanization and regional economies has increased demands on local water resources, while simultaneously causing deterioration in the quality of urban groundwater in many cities.
by Yingling Liu on November 30, 2005 The city of Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, resumed water supply to its 3.8 million residents on November 27, five hours ahead of schedule. The city cut off its water supply for four days after a chemical explosion spilled some 100 tons of pollutants containing benzene and nitrobenzene into its main water source, the Songhua River.
by Zijun Li on November 29, 2005 The results of a 2005 marine environmental protection inspection released by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) on November 28th showed that in spite of improvement of marine conditions in some coastal areas, the overall quality of China’s marine environment remains dire.
by Zijun Li on October 19, 2005 As of late June, 297 cities in China had not yet built adequate sewage treatment plants, an official with the Ministry of Construction reported on October 10th. Of these nearly 300 cities, 63 are larger urban areas, including 8 with populations of more than 500,000.
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