38 Bln Tons of Waste Water Flows into China's Three Major Rivers Last Year
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38 bln tons of waste water flows into China's three major rivers last year    BEIJING, Dec.
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China has put the Three Gorges Dam, the  world's largest hydro-electric project, on flood alert, Xinhua  news agency said on Tuesday after rain and mudslides killed 76  in areas to the west.
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More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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China has put the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydro-electric project, on flood alert, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday after rain and mudslides killed 76 in areas to the west.
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A massive floodcrest has passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River as devastated communities upstream clean up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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China recorded more than 320 million subscribers to mobile phone services as of the end of October this year, equivalent to a penetration rate of 24.8 users per 100 persons, according to statistics released by Chinaâs Ministry of Information Industry.
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A sudden flood surge on a river in China swept an overcrowded bus full of young students and farmers into a river, killing three people and leaving 41 missing, state media said on Sunday.
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China is the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, but contaminated water has created serious food safety and environmental problems.
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China to clean up polluters along Songhua River after repeated chemical spills    BEIJING, Sept.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["China Aims To Save 69 Bln Cubic Meters of Water by 2010" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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Beijing - A sudden flood surge on a river swept an overcrowded bus full of young students and farmers into a river, killing three people and leaving 41 missing, state media said on Sunday.
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Floodgates on Glen Canyon Dam were opened for 90 hours this week, sending 67 billion gallons of water - and 880,000 tons of sediment - into the canyon.
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By PAT FLANAGAN  THOUSANDS of tonnes of raw sewage are polluting Ireland's historic fishing rivers and holiday resorts, it was revealed yesterday.   Almost a fifth of human waste is discharged with little or no treatment, the Environmental Protection Agency disclosed.
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China has disciplined officials for a chemical leak that contaminated a river and cut off drinking water and pledged action against those responsible for two other environmental disasters, state media reported on Wednesday.
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China is to invest 24 billion dollars to build four new hydropower generation stations on the Jinsha River, a main tributary of the Yangtze River, state media reported.
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SHANGHAI, China - A southern Chinese province was rushing to shore up dams eroded by weeks of heavy rains and high waters that already have killed at least 76 people, state media reported Wednesday.