320mln rural Chinese can't have safe drinking water

时间：2006-10-13 06:52:37

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Chinanews, Beijing, Oct. 12 – The Ministry1 of Water Resources published an alarming figure recently saying that in China, 320 million residents in rural areas have no access to safe drinking water.

 

At present, about one-third of the water resources in China cannot be used directly. In some big river valleys, 40% of water is not purified to the standard required by the government. Most rivers, when flowing by cities, are heavily polluted to the extent of affecting people’s health and life quality. In Zhejiang, 21.6% of the water resources cannot be used as drinking water. In Hainan, 1.58 million farmers, or one-third of the total number of farmers in the province, cannot have safe drinking water, although the province receives 2,000 millimeters of precipitation every year. In many areas, the water contains a high degree of fluorine or arsenic2, so that it tastes bitter and salty.

 

“The heavier polluted water resources have already impeded3 the economic development, impaired4 people's health, and affected5 social stability. The problem should be dealt with immediately,” said Zhou Shengxian, director-general of the State Environmental Protection Administration, expressing his resolve to fight against water pollution during the eleventh five-year period.

 

The State Council has already required that by 2010, at least 70% of the sewage in cities across China should be properly treated, and at least 60% of the garbage in cities should be innocuously dealt with.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 arsenic 2vSz4     
n.砒霜，砷；adj.砷的
参考例句：
  • His wife poisoned him with arsenic.他的妻子用砒霜把他毒死了。
  • Arsenic is a poison.砒霜是毒药。
3 impeded 7dc9974da5523140b369df3407a86996     
阻碍，妨碍，阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. 楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。
  • He was impeded in his work. 他的工作受阻。
4 impaired sqtzdr     
adj.受损的；出毛病的；有（身体或智力）缺陷的v.损害，削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
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  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

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