[graffis-l] CHINA, FRESH WATER, & DROUGHT

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At 08:36 AM 12/7/07, you wrote:

>Drought sapping China's biggest fresh water lake: reports

>Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis

>Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:34 pm (PST)

>http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Drought_sapping_Chinas_biggest_fresh_water_la\

ke_reports_999.html

>

>Drought sapping China's biggest fresh water lake: reports

>

>by Staff Writers

>Beijing (AFP) Dec 5, 2007

>Water levels in China's largest fresh water lake are nearing record lows

>as a drought exacerbates existing shortages, state media said Wednesday.

>The situation in Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi province had caused

>severe water shortages for industrial and residential users, Xinhua news

>agency reported.

>

>The water level was five centimetres (two inches) below the record low at

>one hydrological station on Tuesday, while at another station it was 0.78

>metres (2.6 feet) above the lowest recorded point, it said.

>

>Since mid-September, rainfall in Jiangxi has been 77 percent below normal,

>the lowest since 1960, the report said, citing the local meteorological

>bureau.

>

>Poyang Lake is fed by five rivers in south China and empties into the

>Yangtze river, China's biggest.

>

>The lake is a huge bird sanctuary as it lies along the migratory paths of

>many Asian avian species.

>

>The China Daily newspaper said the Gan river, which flows into Poyang lake

>and is a major tributary of the Yangtze, is drying up near the Jiangxi

>capital of Nanchang due to the drought that began in July this year.

>

>North China suffers serious water shortages that are often attributed to

>global warming, while in recent years areas in the traditionally wet south

>have also had unusually dry weather.

>

>The water shortages are exacerbated by pollution that has increased at

>alarming rates during China's 25 years of economic growth.

>

>According to recent government statistics, more than 300 million people in

>rural China do not have access to clean water.

 

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