One of the most talked issue in the world is water pollution. Our group decided to research about the polluted rivers, particularly in the country of China. According to an article, China's extraordinary economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization, coupled with inadequate investment in basic water supply and treatment infrastructure, has resulted in widespread water pollution. The drinking water quality continues to be a major problem in their country. Continuous emissions from factories is the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality and introduction of poorly treated sewage, industrial spills, and extensive use of agricultural fertilizers and pesticides have proven to be major contributors as well. Furthermore, these water quality issues makes their country have water shortages, which affect millions of people. According to China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in 2006, 60% of the country's rivers suffer from pollution to such an extent that they cannot be safely used as drinking water sources. According to the 2008 State of the Environment Report by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the successor agency of SEPA, pollution of specific rivers is as follows: The Pearl River and the Yangtze River had "good water quality"; The Songhua River was "slightly polluted" (it was "moderately polluted" in 2006); The Liaohe River, the Huai River, and the Yellow River were "moderately polluted" (another translation says they "had poor water quality"); and the Haihe River which flows through Beijing and Tianjin was "badly polluted". A 2006 article by the Chinese Embassy in the UK stated that approximately 300 million nationwide have no access to clean water. Almost 90% of underground water in cities are affected by pollution and as well as 70% of China’s rivers and lakes.
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