China: In order to provide cleaner water for the 2008 Summer
Olympics, Beijing is investing 12.5 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) between
2006 and 2010 to combat water pollution. The project was issued by
Beijing's planning agency in conjunction with the city's
environmental regulator. Under the plan, 35 new wastewater treatment
plants will be constructed by 2008; 90% of the wastewater in Beijing and
50% in its suburbs will be processed before it enters lakes and rivers.
Beijing intends to block more than 1,000 sewer pipes along 30 of its
rivers by 2008 as a component of the project. China's environmental
protection bureau has indicated that the poor quality of bodies of water
in the country are due to wastewater, the byproducts of industry and
agricultural pollution.
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