China to bring clean, safe water to all rural residents by 2015
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
According to Wang, the central government will increase investment in rural water supply projects and encourage more private investment in rural infrastructure construction. One hundred and sixty million people in China’s rural areas will get clean and safe drinking water in the next five years and by 2015 all Chinese rural residents will be provided with safe potable water, Minister of Water Resources Wang Shucheng told Xinhua on Monday.
Wang said currently 312 million Chinese villagers are facing water shortages or unsafe water contaminated by fluorine, arsenic, high levels of salt or other organic or industrial pollutants.
Although the budget has not been firmly set, the minister said the country plans to invest about 40 billion yuan (5 billion U.S. dollars) over the next ten years on safe water supply projects.
According to Wang, the central government will increase investment in rural water supply projects and encourage more private investment in rural infrastructure construction.
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