About one third of the industrial waste water and more than 90 percent
of household sewage in China is released into rivers and lakes without
being treated. Nearly 80 percent of China's cities (278 of them) have
no sewage treatment facilities and few have plans to build any and underground
water supplies in 90 percent of the cites are contaminated.
Water shortages and water pollution in China are such a problem that the World Bank
warns of “catastrophic consequences for future generations.” Half of China’s
population lacks safe drinking water. Nearly two thirds of China’s rural population?more
than 500 million people?use water contaminated by human and industrial waste.
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In summer of 2011, the China government reported 43 percent of state-monitored rivers are
so polluted, they're unsuitable for human contact. By one estimate one sixth of China’s
population is threatened by seriously polluted water. One study found that eight of 10 Chinese
coastal cities discharge excessive amounts of sewage and pollutants into the sea, often
near coastal resorts and sea farming areas.
Water consumed by people in China contains dangerous levels of arsenic, fluorine and sulfates.
An estimated 980 million of China’s 1.3 billion people drink water every day that is partly polluted.
More than 600 million Chinese drink water contaminated with human or animal wastes and 20 million
people drink well water contaminated with high levels of radiation. A large number of
arsenic-tainted water have been discovered. China’s high rates of liver, stomach and esophageal
cancer have been linked to water pollution.
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