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China to provide clean water for 60 mln in 2009: state media

More than 200 million Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water.
by Staff Writers
 Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2009
 China plans to provide clean water for 60 million people in 2009, addressing one of the main public health issues facing the vast nation, state media said Wednesday.

Currently, more than 200 million Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water, down from 379 million in late 2000, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing government data.

Rapid economic growth has severely curtailed the availability of clean water, as industry consumes a large share of the scarce resource while also being a major source of pollution.

The World Bank urged China earlier this month to raise water prices to encourage people to use less water and to promote efficiency in a bid to prevent a "severe water scarcity crisis."

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