Water from Yangtze not enough to quench Beijing’s thirst(2)  

10億方江水難解北京之渴 缺口仍達(dá)15億立方米

今年10月，江水初進(jìn)京。年10.5億立方米的接收量，將顯著提高北京供水安全保障程度。那么，對(duì)于北京來講，是否節(jié)水不再需要、可以大手大腳用水了呢？“當(dāng)然不行，北京依然很渴，節(jié)水一定要進(jìn)行到底！”市水務(wù)局相關(guān)負(fù)責(zé)人斬釘截鐵地說。[查看全文]

To bridge the gap, local policymakers have taken measures including exploiting underground water and reducing ecological and agricultural water use.

However, some of these measures have caused environmental deterioration. The overexploitation of underground water has contributed to land subsidence and other ecological damage, according to the official.

By phasing out water consumption enterprises and lowering industrial water use, local policymakers have managed to save a total of one billion cubic meters of water in the past eight years starting from 2006, the official added.