Water pollution problem is becoming more urgent than ever for the Chinese, because vertiginous growth has a direct negative impact on water sources almost all over the country. There are ninety percent of household sewage in China is released into rivers and lakes without being treated, and nearly eighty percent of China's cities (278 of them) have no sewage treatment facilities and few have plans to build and underground water supplies in ninety percent of the cites are contaminated [CITATION Jef08 l 1033 ]. Hence what is happening with the water source in China! What are the causes of this severe pollution? How it affects Chinese's health, and Whether or not there are optimal solutions to solve this? In this essay, I will explore these questions and to give an overview of water pollution issue in China.
The first culprit to mention in the cause of water pollution is industrial waste. Chinese industry produces over 3.5 million tons of sewage waste per day including mainly chemical factories, drug manufacture, tanneries, paper millsto treat just half that amount they would need to invest in 10,000 treatment facilities. There are just some modern wastewater treatment plants and sanitation systems do exist, but many more are required[CITATION Pol l 1033 ] . Factories release toxic gases into the sky, then it would rain down and these are the water source in rivers and lakes. However, most remarkable is that the industrial chemicals from factories are discharged directly into the water source around it. In fact, there was a case shocked China in February 2008 which is The Maozhou river turned red because of a multimillion dollar operation named the Fuan textile factory. They produced 47,000 tons of waste a day and could only process 20,000 tons with the rest being dumped into the river. It latter quietly reopened in a new location [ CITATION Jef08 l 1033 ]. Moreover, heavy metal and oil from extraction plant operators spill, go along with untreated wastewater to outside, or penetrates directly into the ground lead to the surrounding water will be contaminated and polluted.
China is facing a water crisis. ... Domestic pollution is also very serious in China. ... Water pollution will lead a lot of problem. ... The second major consequence of China's severe water pollution problem, is the issue of public health. ... Water pollution is very serious in China, it need to solve this problem as quickly as possible. ...
Water gets a lot of its pollution from industries. ... A leading cause of water pollution is surface runoff. ... Locally, the city's water qualities improved and the amount of water pollution decreased. ... China's surface is forty percent polluted and three-hundred twenty million people do not have access to clean drinking water. ... Although in China there is quite a lot of pollution and might take a long time to get rid of some pollution, but at least the residents will be able to take off their masks at some point. ...
Well they are, and pollution laws should be strengthened and vigorously enforced no matter what the cost. China, a country with an extensive coast line, should work harder to protect its marine environment. ... In August of 1982, China adopted the Law on Marine Environment Protection, which went into effect March of "83. ... Uncontrolled, profit driven sand and gravel dredging and excavation have damaged mangroves and coral reefs, causing equally harmful effects to the marine ecology as does pollution from waste water. ... Processes of desalination can provide drinkin...
"The Economists"" Pollution in China article stated that China is the world's greatest environmental timebomb, which is just waiting to go off. ... Richard Ackermann, the World Bank's environmental manager and joint author of a study on pollution in China said, "The biggest problem in China is the State-owned enterprises. ... There are different ways to look at China's pollution. ... Since 1999 china has had fewer than 100 days of dangerously bad air pollution. ... The Regional Institute of Environmental Technology in Singapore made a study that lists acid rain, polluted dri...
As the population continues to grow there are a lot of pressure on cultivated natural resources, water (rivers), and land to offer an adequate food supply; in the same time preserving our ecosystem. ... In public health, the poor sanitation and unclean water cause the death of the number of people exceeding 12 million people annually (Hinrichsen, 2000; Robey, 2000). ... The amount of air pollution kills almost three million more (Hinrichsen, 2000; Robey, 2000). ... As the population increases, so does the pollution on the coastlines and the oceans (Hinrichsen, 2000; Robey, 2000). Tides of p...
China is more urban today than ever before. ... Water pollution is a tremendous problem in China. ... The result is contaminated drinking water, which causes sickness. ... Of China's twenty-seven largest cities, only six provided drinking water that could meet government standards. Only one in eight drinking water plants routinely chlorinate the water year-round. ...
The article states medical problems that are caused by air pollution or what the Chinese like to call it "airpocalypse," it talks about how the release of some specific chemical elements can affect a person's health. ... Along with the air pollution that is caused by over exploitation of coal, water exploitation and pollution has also been a huge issue in China, over 11% of China's digestive system cancers are caused from unsafe drinking water. Almost 90 percent of underground water in cities and 70 percent of China's rivers and lakes are now polluted. ... Not only are the huma...
It seems one of the main drivers pushing China to excel in renewable energy is their current state of pollution. ... This article argues that the high amounts of pollution are a main factor of encouragement to invent renewable energy. ... Grumbine also says that China is urbanizing and that urban Chinese consume 3.5 times more energy. ... Another barrier was brought up in the article "China's Emergence and the Prospects for Global Sustainability" by Richard Grumbine was the fact that "water availability and quality may be the two most problematic constraints on China's future ...
Low productivity and high energy consumption not only increase costs and reduce competitiveness, but also cause serious environmental pollution. ... Few textile industry SMEs have biological treatment facilities, even though the problem of water pollution is well recognised. ... For these reasons, The enterprises are forced to pay pollution discharge fees. ... The following should be considered in the process of transferring EST to the textile industry: * setting up and optimising the management system; * upgrading the production technologies; * optimising existing proce...
