Sewage discharged into rivers
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> 76 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span> <span word="generated">generated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="Provincial">Provincial</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="Resources">Resources</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bulletin">Bulletin</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="Resources">Resources</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 12.53 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="up">up</span> 110 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2010, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p><span word="Industrial">Industrial</span> <span word="wastewater">wastewater</span> <span word="represented">represented</span> 55 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span> <span word="accounted">accounted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> 45 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 9.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span>, <span word="or">or</span> 75.8 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="river">river</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pearl">Pearl</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Basin">Basin</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hanjiang">Hanjiang</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Valley">Valley</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>-<span word="end">end</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="polluted">polluted</span>.</p><p><span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="poor">poor</span>, <span word="threatening">threatening</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="riverbanks">riverbanks</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 54.8 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sewage">sewage</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="affluent">affluent</span> <span word="Pearl">Pearl</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Delta">Delta</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="engines">engines</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>.</p>
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