'No pressure on water' from Games

A senior official yesterday denied charges that the Beijing Olympics had put pressure on water supplies in and around the capital.

Critics have claimed that Beijing's plans for a "Green Olympics" had greatly increased the city's demand for water.

Beijing has a stable annual water supply of around 1.1 billion cu m from the nearby Miyun and Guanting reservoirs, as well as 2.4 billion cu m from groundwater, Hu Siyi, vice-minister of water resources, said at a press conference held at Beijing International Media Center.