摘要
Recent headlines concerning water have raised concern about an impending water shortage in China. A lingering drought in southwest China＇s Yunnan Province has left 3.19 million people and 1.58 million livestock short of drinking water, the provincial government said on February 27. In January, a cadmium spill from a mining firm in south China＇s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region contaminated a 300km section of the Liujiang River, killed fish and prompted panic buying of bottled water in downstream cities. Earlier in February, a phenol spill allegedly by a South Korean cargo ship contaminated the drinking water source of Zhenjiang, a city downstream on the Yangtze River, China＇s longest waterway.
China adopts strict water management measures to prevent an acute water shortage Recent headlines concerning water have raised concern about an impending water
