China’s Yellow River Pollution Getting Worse
Monday, November 24, 2008 10:37
Even with the recent rise in awareness, and seemingly endless announcements that things were changing at the highest levels, there is yet another sobering reminder of the costs of economic development.
The pollution on China’s Yellow River, mother river, is worsening…
the organization monitored 12,510.8 km of the Yellow River system, of which, 31.1 percent were found to have type-five negative water. And 4.26 billion tonnes of waste and sewage water was discharged in the Yellow River system in that same year.
…and it is the usual suspects that are responsible:
Industrial sector was blamed as the No.1 polluter, followed by living sewage contributed by urbanites living along the river system and the service trade.
to see more on the Yellow River, and its pollution, I highly recommend the following:
Photograph by Greg Girard
Greg Girard says:
July 28th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I am glad you like the photograph I took for National Geographic magazine enough to use it on your website. I hope it helps raise awareness of the problems China faces in dealing with its water crisis. You might however have supplied a picture credit indicating the name of the photographer.
Sincerely,
Greg Girard
Rich says:
July 28th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Greg
Apologies. been corrected