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Last Updated: Nov 3, 2008 - 5:50:11 AM |
Shenzhen Water Pollution Seriously Threatens Hong Kong
by Xiao Xiong
This year Shenzhen residents have noticed a marked deterioration in the
quality of their tap water, which gives off a noxious odor. On Sunday
November 2 Shenzhen's Environmental Protection Bureau's third quarter
report revealed that the city's water quality had decreased .35 percent
due to industrial waste water contamination of the city's water source.
The report identified 23 corporations seriously violating the law by
contaminating the water supply. The report also revealed that this year
more than 1,150 fines levied for sever pollution of the water supply.
Researchers maintain that Shenzhen's water quality has precipitously
declined year after year. It has gotten so bad recently that Shenzhen
faced no choice but to reject large investment in six hospital projects
(including four Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals). Also, Hong
Kong sources its public water supply in Shenzhen, so this problem
seriously threatens not only Shenzhen residents but also the quality of
Hong Kong's water supply.
Due to this problem many people see no choice but to leave Shenzhen, this city with the serious water quality problem.
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