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More than half of all Chinese groundwater is classified as poor or very poor, according to a press notice from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). After monitoring at 4,929 points across 198 city-level administrations in China during 2012, the Ministry admitted that just 11% of China’s groundwater merits the top ranking of “excellent”. <\/p>\n

There has been a wave of complaints about water quality following a campaign that dared local environmental<\/a> chiefs to swim in the rivers they were responsible for. None have so far accepted the challenge. <\/p>\n

According to the press notice, water quality in rivers in the west and north-west of China is mostly excellent, while there are varying degrees of pollution in eastern rivers such as the Hai, Huai and Songhua, which flow through urbanised and industrialised regions. <\/p>\n

Ma Zhong, Dean of Renmin University’s School of Environment and Natural Resources, says that though there has been no change in freshwater environments, groundwater is continuing to suffer from worsening pollution. <\/p>\n

Speaking at chinadialogue’s<\/em> 2012 China Environmental Press Awards<\/a>, Ma said that 80% of China’s cities take drinking water supplies from groundwater, yet 57% of groundwater is not up to drinking water quality. "They must be drinking polluted water,” he said.       <\/p>\n

An additional problem is that the public are restricted in their ability to assess the quality of their water. The MEP’s press notice gives only a general description of the issue, without further details.<\/p>\n

For example, the press notice reported that of China’s five largest lakes, the Hai suffers moderate pollution, while three others are lightly polluted. Ma says there should be a clear explanation of the difference between “moderate” and “light” pollution – for example what percentage of water in a certain section reaches what standard. <\/p>\n

“Forty per cent of the Hai is worse than class V – how can that be moderate pollution?” he asks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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