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Chinese Drought Expected Through May
4 Apr 2013 - 09:34 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (China Daily) — The severe drought in parts of northwestern and southwestern China is likely to continue into May because of the hot, dry weather, authorities said. Higher temperatures and low rainfall are
China, Denmark to Increase Water Industry Ties
25 Sep 2012 - 09:53 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (China Daily) — The Danish Minister for the Environment Ida Auken will visit China this week leading a delegation of Danish and consultancy companies to boost the commercial ties between the two countries' water
Yangtze River Turns Red Near Chongqing
10 Sep 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, CHONGQING — A stretch of China's Yangtze River near the city of Chongqing has turned red, and authorities are not sure why.
Drought Causing Drinking Water Shortages in Central China
16 Aug 2012 - 08:30 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (China Daily) — Thousands of people in central and southwest China are facing drinking water shortages because of insufficient rainfall and scorching heat. In the southwestern Chongqing Municipality, 79,000
Chinese Official Urges Restraint on Yangtze Dam Building
12 Jun 2012 - 10:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — Chinese Deputy Environment Minister Wu Xiaoqing last week urged some restraint in the country’s big push to build dams.
Chinese Plastic Pipes Industry Expects Growth
5 Jun 2012 - 14:51 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (Plastics News) — China’s plastic pipe industry expects, for the most part, to shrug off the effects of the cooling in the country’s real estate sector and grow from just under 10 million metric tons production la
China’s First Environmental Public Interest Litigation Begins Court Proceedings
25 May 2012 - 09:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
WASHINGTON DC — Friends of Nature (FON), a non-governmental environmental protection organization, and the Chongqing Green Volunteer Association’s public interest lawsuit, a first of its kind in China, began its
Relocations Continue for China's Three Gorges Dam
18 May 2012 - 10:36 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (MarketWatch) — Walls inside Zhang Haomin’s home in Zhenxi Township, in Chongqing, started cracking in 2008, around the time the reservoir behind the new Three Gorges Dam neared capacity. “Early on, the crack
Drought Affects Nearly 1 Million People, Livestock in Chongqing
13 Sep 2011 - 10:13 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (Xinhua (China)) — Ongoing drought has left 672,000 people and 317,000 head of livestock in Chongqing municipality short of drinking water, according to local authorities.
Rivers, Reservoirs Dry Up in Guizhou Province
30 Aug 2011 - 09:33 by Local Press Report
GUIYANG (Xinhua (China)) — The severe drought in southwest China has dried up 479 reservoirs and 349 rivers in Guizhou province, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
Suez, GE to Develop New Urban Water Management Technologies in China
14 Jun 2011 - 17:17 by Local Press Report
PARIS (China Securities Journal) — Suez Environment and General Electric Co (GE) have signed an agreement to jointly develop new urban water management technologies, with the first projects focused on Chinese and French.
Chongqing Residents Face Water Shortages Due to Drought
1 Mar 2011 - 10:22 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (Xinhua (China)) — Nearly 190,000 people in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality are facing water shortages due to an ongoing four-month drought in the region, according to county water conservancy chief Cheng
China to Continue Ecological Payment Mechanisms
17 Jan 2011 - 20:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — China will continue to promote its ecological payment mechanisms, which have had a positive effect, and private sector environmental funding, according to a joint report by the Asian Development
Hyflux Signs Concession Deals With Chongqing City
17 Jan 2011 - 20:00 by Local Press Report
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ITT, Chongqing City to Create Energy-Efficient Water Systems
1 Mar 2010 - 20:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, CHONGQING — ITT Corporation on February 25 announced it has teamed up with Chongqing Water Group (CWG) for a project to improve the energy efficiency of the city of Chongqing's wastewater treatment.
Over 100,000 Without Water in Chongqing
28 Sep 2009 - 20:58 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (China Daily/Xinhua (China)) — More than 100,000 people were without water for more than a day in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing after a lightning strike damaged a high voltage line supplying power to the local water
Suez Environment Wins China Water Contract
16 Feb 2009 - 20:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PARIS, France — Suez Environment subsidiary Sino French Water has won a 30-year water treatment contract in Chongqing, China, the company announced.
The project envisions providing drinking
China Tongliang Abandons Water Source Due to Quake Lake Run-Off
16 Jun 2008 - 20:58 by Local Press Report
CHONGQING (Xinhua) — Tongliang County in Chongqing Municipality has stopped drawing water from the Fujiang River due to concerns over run-off from the Tangjiashan "quake lake."
China Censors Reports That 3 Gorges Dam to Blame for Quake
26 May 2008 - 22:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — — China moved swiftly within days of its devastating earthquake to remove online reports that the May 12 quake could have been caused by the controversial Three Gorges Dam project.
Suez Environment, New World Service Acquire Stake in Chongqing Water
7 Apr 2008 - 21:37 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PARIS, France — — Suez Environment and local partner New World Service have acquired a 15 percent stake in state-owned Chongqing Water Group, with a strategic investment of approximately $220 million USD,
China: $1.28 Billion USD Investment for Pollution Control at 3 Gorges
17 Mar 2008 - 20:07 by Local Press Report
BEIJING, China (Xinhua (China)) — — China will invest some $1.28 billion USD by 2010 for pollution control projects in Chongqing municipality to prevent pollution of the
China: $1.28 Billion to Prevent 3 Gorges Pollution
11 Mar 2008 - 19:36 by Local Press Report
China, CHONGQING (Xinhua (China)) — — China will spend some $1.28 billion USD for projects to prevent water pollution in Chongqing Municipality by 2010.
The goal is to prevent pollution of the
China: Water Supply Restored in Chongqing
5 Nov 2007 - 20:36 by Local Press Report
China, CHONGQING (Xinhua (China)) — — Water supply has been restored in Chongqing municipality in southwest China after being cut off for 24 hours due to equipment failure at the water plant.
The supply cutoff left 100,000
Three Gorges Dam to Displace Another 4 Million
22 Oct 2007 - 21:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — — In an escalation of the controversy surrounding the future of China's Three Gorges' Dam, the Chongqing local government announced this week it would move another 4 million
Three Gorges Dam Causing Erosion and Landslides on Yangtze
8 Oct 2007 - 20:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — - Environmental experts are continuing to express concern about the ecological effects of the Three Gorges Dam, as the huge weight of water behind the dam has started to erode the
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