Water Pollution

Question 1

How many of China’s cities have no sewage treatment facilities

Answer 1

80%

Question 2

What causes water pollution

Answer 2

Polluting industries which dispose chemical waste into rivers and lakes which local governments have failed to crack down.

Question 3

Health issues

Answer 3

980 million people drink party polluted water dangerous levels of arsenic, fluorine and sulfates
190 million people in China fall ill every year and 60,000 people die from diseases caused by water pollution l

Question 4

How many of China’s lakes suffer from eutrophication

Answer 4

75%

Question 5

To treat just half amount of sewage

Answer 5

Gov need to invest in 10000 treatment facilities.

Question 6

Water 10

Answer 6

Goals included controlling pollutants and to improve quality of drinking water. Over 93% of urban drinking water sources shall reach Grade 3 or more by 2020

Question 7

How much water is unfit for any purpose

Answer 7

56.4%

Question 8

Essentially functionless in Beijing

Answer 8

39.9%

Question 9

How much sewage does China produce everyday

Answer 9

3.5 million tons

Question 10

How much sewage is released into rivers without being treated

Answer 10

90% of household sewage

And 1/3 of industrial waste water

Question 11

How many people drink contaminated water

Answer 11

More than 600 million drink human and animal waste contaminated water

Question 12

Pressure on water

Answer 12

China has 20% of worlds pollution but only 7% of worlds fresh water

Question 13

Why is north drier than south

Answer 13

North contains 2 deserts. Increasingly arid and suffers from water shortages, cuz in the south, the land heats up and draws in moist air from over the. South China Sea. One meeting mountains, and cooler air masses, rain falls as part of the summer monsoon
80% of water is in southern China.

Question 14

South to north Water transfer project

Answer 14

To transfer water from Yangtze River in the south to the north as 1/2 of the pop. And 2/3 of farmland is in the north with only 20% of water. 3 routes = Eastern, central, western
Planned for completion in 2050
Move 44.8 billion cubic metres of fresh water from south to north.
Estimated to cost $62 billion

Question 15

Why is demand for water increasing in China

Answer 15

Urbanisation and rapidly increasing pop. And increasing demand for coal. Large amount of water used to process coal.

Question 16

Conflicts due to water demand

Answer 16

Increase north and south divide
Domestic / cultural divide.
Might influence migration.
War?

Question 17

3 gorges dam protects how many people from floods

Answer 17

200 million people

And reduces frequency of major downstream flooding from once every 10 years to once every 100.

Question 18

Global warming effects on water supply

Answer 18

Global warming means higher temps which means changing rainfall patterns.
Increased desertification as dry soil can’t hold water. And expected to increase disparity between the north and south as the north will have more droughts and south will have more floods