The World Water Day 2011 falls into Tuesday and observed worldwide. The theme Day, the 19th of its kind, for this year is "Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge".

China suffers a 40-billion-cubic-meter water shortage annually, with two thirds of over 600 cities having trouble accessing water.

China will intensify efforts to accelerate the development of the nation's water conservancy and promote the sustainable use of water resources, according to the central government's No 1 document issued early this year.
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China to launch first national water census
China will initiate the first-ever national water census from 2010 to 2012 with its fieldwork scheduled to be officially kicked off nationwide as of April 1...

Shanghai looks for future alternative water sources
Shanghai water authorities said the city has plans to draw water during emergencies from more than 50 deep wells by 2015...

Billions to be poured into ailing reservoirs
China will invest nearly 63 billion yuan ($9.3 billion) on reinforcing more than 40,000 small reservoirs as part of its efforts to cope with the ongoing risks of drought and flooding...

Water our future
The prolonged drought surely justifies greater efforts to accelerate the development of water conservancy projects and promote the sustainable use of water resources in this country...

Time to pay the water debt
Local governments need to start focusing on funding water conservancy projects to make up for neglect of past decades...

Chinese farmers battle against drought

 Playing with water

Yellow River basin suffers serious erosion

Drought hits Yunnan