Mar 09
- China accounts for approximately 19.5% of the world population but has only 7% of the globe’s freshwater resources.
- Water efficiency in China is poor compared to its G20 peers, requiring around four times as much water per US$ of GDP created.
- Two-thirds of China’s 660 cities suffer from water shortages with the situation in 110 termed ‘severe’.
- About 700 million people drink water that is contaminated with animal and human waste.
- Water pollution sickens 190 million Chinese and causes 60,000 premature deaths every year.
- By 2015 China is expected to have almost 110 cities with over 1 million people, growing to more than 220 cities by 2025.
- In 2005 the Chinese water system leaked an estimated 10 billion m3, more than 20% of the total processed.
- In Northern China 90% of the aquifers under Chinese cities are polluted.
- Over 75% of rivers water flowing through urban areas are considered unsuitable for drinking or fishing.
- 30% of river water in China is regarded as unfit for agricultural or industrial use.
Source: Issues for Responsible Investors: Water in China, February 2010. Research by Dave Dore, Guo Peiyuan, Anna-Sterre Nette and Jiali An.
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