Water Scarcity, page-10

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China’s Water Crisis
The availability of clean water in China has reached a crisis point. With rapid urbanization of the Chinese economy, fresh water availability and quality is becoming a major impediment to economic growth and social mobility. Two-thirds of China’s provinces have renewable water resources per capita that are lower than those experienced in much of the Middle East. Of these provinces, approximately half account for 50% of China’s industrial output and almost 40% of its agricultural output. (see http://chinawaterrisk.org/) The cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai are symptomatic of the pressures that urbanization has placed on the country’s water resources. Available renewable water resources in these cities are similar to those in Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and declining annually. The political response has been swift and decisive, elevating water conservancy and treatment as one of the central priorities of the government. In a recent announcement Li Pumin, General Secretary of the National Development and Reform Commission, indicated China is investing over 600 billion yuan ($98 billion) in 172 key projects in water conservation. Projects such as the “Five Waters” Program in Zhejiang Province are an indication of the commitment to this major water program. In addition, the private sector is also investing heavily to meet the increasingly stringent regulation on wastewater discharge, much of which is aimed at introducing technologies to prevent contaminants from industry and agriculture entering the waterways and to improve the effectiveness of water and wastewater treatment. Given this environmental and political backdrop, Clean TeQ believes that the opportunity to apply its technology in China is significant. Clean TeQ has recently participated in the Austrade Five Rivers Mission and visited industrial and wastewater facilities in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Jiaxing. Our team has identified several projects in areas where Clean TeQ believes it can apply its innovative approaches to solving water problems in a more technically robust and cost effective way. Clean TeQ’s CEO, Cory Williams, commented, “The partnership with SIDRI is ground breaking from both a political and commercial perspective for Clean TeQ. Politically, the transfer of cutting-edge Australian technology, expertise and know-how to solve one of the world’s great environmental problems validates the on-going investment in R&D that Clean TeQ has made over the past decade. This is a watershed example of technological diplomacy at work in a globalized world. Commercially, the partnership will facilitate a more rapid deployment of our ion exchange technologies and open up opportunities to participate in projects on a scale that is truly unique.”