China wants citizens to value water
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, March 22 (IANS) Keen to spread public awareness about water conservation, the Chinese government is encouraging its citizens to adapt novel water preservation methods.
A day ahead of World Water Day, Beijing handed out water-saving devices to residents for free, China Daily reported Tuesday.
China’s capital Beijing replaced 4.33 million pieces of plumbing equipment with water-saving devices like faucets stops from 2001 to 2010, which enabled it to save 15.5 million cubic metres of water each year, the daily quoted a source from the Beijing Water Authority as saying.
Beijing aims to achieve its goal of making 95 percent of its families use water-saving devices during the country’s 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), the source said.
- Drought-hit China to spend $9 bn on reservoirs - Feb 23, 2011
- China is world's biggest magnesium producer - May 26, 2012
- China aspires to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 2015 - Mar 05, 2011
- Beijing to face acute water shortage - Apr 24, 2012
- China to promote reducing paper usage - Jan 26, 2012
- China to issue 800 mn multi-purpose cards - Aug 30, 2011
- China to build dam in Mauritius - Oct 10, 2011
- China to create more jobs for people in cities - Dec 18, 2011
- China to spend $155 bn for urban rail - Jun 30, 2011
- Beijing water shortage: residents to get desalinised seawater - Mar 02, 2012
- 100 mn Chinese farmers to migrate to urban areas - Oct 10, 2011
- China to build four super dams on Jinsha river - Jun 22, 2011
- China publishes first industrial restructuring plan - Jan 18, 2012
- China to save lake in desert - May 15, 2012
- China to double workers' wages in five years - Apr 19, 2011
Tags: 5 million, aims, beijing, china daily, chinese government, cubic metres, five year plan, free china, keen, million pieces, novel, plan period, plumbing equipment, preservation methods, public awareness, water authority, water conservation, water preservation, water saving devices, world water day