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July 14, 2008
Beijing Now has Enough Water for the Olympics
With the area facing several years of drought, and with Olympic organizers mounting great efforts to ensure the capital will not run dry, the main reservoirs feeding the capital are holding more than enough water for the 1 million or more domestic tourists and up to 500,000 foreign visitors expected during the Games.
"Beijing has combined all water resources, including reservoirs, underground water and rainfall, to ensure the supply for the Olympics," Yu Yaping, a Beijing Water Bureau official, said in remarks reported on Sunday by Xinhua news agency.
To be certain there was no chance of Beijing running short for the Games, officials ordered a 192-mile northern section of the larger South-North Water Transfer Project first be completed to pump more water if needed from Hebei, a rural province adjoining the capital that is itself very short of water.
This blog first alerted our readers about the potential water supply problem for the Olympic Games with "Drought in China Near Olympic Site," as reported by Reuters, and published by the Daily Times.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at July 14, 2008 03:14 PM
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