{"id":25586,"date":"2006-11-29T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:16","slug":"586-beijing-reservoir-unfit-even-for-irrigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/586-beijing-reservoir-unfit-even-for-irrigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing reservoir unfit even for irrigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The official Xinhua news agency cited a report by the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau as saying that water in the Guanting reservoir fell short of standards for level five on the country&#8217;s scale of water quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Water at levels one to three is considered potable, while that at level five is fit only for irrigation, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>It added that around half of the lakes and ponds in the city&#8217;s scenic spots were so polluted that they could not be used for 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