Shanghai City, China
As China grows as a country, it seems that so are its plans. Increasingly becoming a major world power, it has just announced its ambitious plan to clean up part of its waters in China. A set of 8.000 projects so far this year with a cost of no less than 100.000 billion dollars, 84.600 million euros, according to the current exchange rate. The Chinese Ministry of the Environment, which communicated the investment, communicates that it is for clean the most polluted waters in the country.
The plan was born as a megaproject that began in 2015. In it Actions will be taken for 325 places of contaminated groundwater, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Although it is a broad purpose, the plan has not yet reached all the affected areas. According to those recorded by the Ministry, they amount to a total of 343 places. The Government of China recognizes that it will have a slight delay in the plans it had for this year.
Excessively polluted water
China classifies its water into six levels, with a level below 5 being the lowest, which means that The water is so bad that it has no use for either industry or irrigation. So bad they call it, black and stinky. Until now, they had marked 2.100 sites like black and stinky. Almost half of them had completed water treatment plans in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry.
The great part of the industry that contains the country, has been responsible of all these places with highly toxic waters. Its poor regulation, along with the overload and use of pesticides and fertilizers. The extreme situation that the country is experiencing has led it to seek a drastic solution for this issue.
And it is that all these wastewater have had very negative effects. Especially if China wants ensure food and energy security in the future.