A wave of recent reports from China make it clear that the country is now facing a water crisis of massive proportions.
As Jules Suzdaltsev explains in today’s Seeker Daily report, industrialization and population growth have led to a core supply-and-demand issue in China. With a population of just under 1.5 billion people, the country has about 20 percent of the global population, but only about seven percent of the world’s fresh water. Making matters worse, rapid industrial development in the last 50 years has led to fundamental changes in how China uses — and pollutes — its water.
According to statistics released in April by the Chinese government itself, more than 80 percent of the rural water supply in the country is now unsafe for drinking or bathing. A test of 2,103 underground wells revealed dangerous levels of contamination from industry and farming. More than half of China’s rivers are too polluted to use as water sources, largely the result of industrial spills and chemical runoff from manufacturing facilities.
China’s Yellow River, which played a crucial role in the country’s radical industrialization, is now lined with literally thousands of petrochemical plants, leaving only 16 percent of it usable as a source for clean water. As a result, it’s estimated that around one-quarter of the country’s population — about 300 million people — drink contaminated water every day. Another report estimates that polluted water is responsible for 190 million illnesses each year.
Then there are the purely geographical problems. More than 80 percent of the water that is available in China comes from sources in the southern areas of the country. Unfortunately, half the population and two-thirds of the farmland is in the north. Massive pipelines and canals have been built to even things out, but even those efforts have been hampered by recent droughts and the ongoing effects of climate change.
Today, more than one hundred metropolitan areas face severe water shortages and some, like the city of Lintao, have run completely dry. Experts fear that China’s water crisis is so severe that it could lead to open conflict and even full-scale resource wars in the near future.
derhundistlos on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 8:06 pm
The Chinese will invade and occupy sparsely populated Eastern Russia. Already, the Chinese via criminal gangs are decimating Russia’s old growth forests to make wood flooring for the US and Europe.
makati1 on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 8:28 pm
der, I read that Russia is opening up eastern land for the Chinese to farm and also giving land to Russians that want to farm there. I don’t see any “invasion” in the near future.
As for “old growth forests” being cut, of course they will be. By whoever owns them. As Russia develops, the forests will go the way of all other resources. The US has no “old growth forests” outside of a few National Parks. They were logged off for flooring and stick built houses long ago. They have been gone for at least 100 years. Ditto for Europe.
“Taiga Forest and Weyerhaeuser”
http://gurukul.american.edu/ted/taiga.htm
Weyerhaeuser is one of those “criminal gangs”? Be careful who you point a finger at.
eugene on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 8:51 pm
I think we need to be looking in our own backyard. US is already in trouble and headed for more. But if you want to focus on China, which seems to be the current American obsession, have at it.
Apneaman on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 9:02 pm
China has plenty of company.
Water Knives in the Near Future — 16 Year Drought Brings Lake Mead To New Record Low
“But these record hot days are just the most recent of many for the river and its water. For over the past 16 years the Colorado River has been assailed by drought. A new kind of mega-drought that has almost certainly been spurred by a human-forced warming of the world. A condition of endemic drying that will likely continue to worsen for the foreseeable future.
Lake Mead Approaching Mandatory Rationing Levels
1072.24 feet — that’s the water level for Lake Mead as of June 21, 2016. It’s about 3 feet below the 1075 mark breached for the first time in the reservoir’s history last year. And if Lake Mead remains below that line by the end of this year, it will mean mandatory cuts to Arizona and Nevada’s water supply.”
more
https://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/23/water-knives-in-the-near-future-16-year-drought-brings-lake-mead-to-new-record-low/
Davy on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 9:05 pm
Eugene, the obsession is with the US what are you talking about? China is destroying the world along with the US but of course the anti-Americans don’t want to hear the China part. Inconvient isn’t that.
Apneaman on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 9:28 pm
Beijing has fallen: China’s capital sinking by 11cm a year, satellite study warns
Pumping of groundwater blamed for causing soil to collapse as development roars ahead above, with railways among infrastructure at risk, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/24/beijing-has-fallen-chinas-capital-sinking-by-11cm-a-year-satellite-study-warns
Practicalmaina on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 9:55 pm
Yeah so they are joining the ranks of the southwest, Venezuela, india, Iran, was nt drought a big factor in the Arab spring? So convenient we can blame other nations governments instead of climate change the real culprit.
makati1 on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 9:58 pm
“(CNN)Washington, D.C., where the powers that reign over the United States reside, is sinking into the ocean.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/30/us/washington-dc-sinking-irpt/index.html
“…, in the United States, more than 17,000 square miles in 45 States, an area roughly the size of New Hampshire and Vermont combined, have been directly affected by subsidence”
http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/pubs/fs00165/
“The ground is sinking because farmers and water agencies throughout the Central Valley are pumping groundwater heavily from far beneath the Earth’s surface to make up for the lack of rain. The problems caused by this sinkage are many, with no easy fix in sight.”
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-drought-As-land-sinks-farmers-5649466.php
And the beat goes on…
rockman on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 10:46 pm
mak – “The ground is sinking because farmers and water agencies…are pumping groundwater heavily…”. One reason Houston is becoming more flood prone that has nothing to do with climater change. Ground withdrawal has made a surface bowl out of the metropolitan area.
Anonymous on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 10:52 pm
And how much of the corrupt amerikan empires water is unfit for drinking? Its difficult to gauge exactly since so much goes unreported and untested. uS industry and individuals are among the most wasteful in the world when it comes to water-and much else besides. Still, better to pretend to be worried about China’s water problems(or just scream CHINA!) than look in their own backyards…
Rather than worry about regions or cities no amerikan could find on a map if they knew how to read one, better get thinking about how much longer before Phoenix, Lost Wages, Los Angeles are forced to be abandoned due to crippling water shortages. How much do amerikans have invested in cities in the middle of deserts again? Be a real shame when it all has to be written off and 10s of millions resettled into already overcrowded and mis-managed uS cities elsewhere wont it?
makati1 on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 10:55 pm
Rockman, Practical claimed the climate change cause. I only stated that it is sinking in the US also, for the same reasons as in China, in most areas. Loss of ground water. Perhaps some relationship as more water is being pumped to make up for loss of rain, partly due to climate shifts.
makati1 on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 11:00 pm
Anonymous, most Americans would be shocked to find out what is in their water. Easier to point fingers at countries half way around the world. A real water test may tell them that their water is polluted with drugs, industrial chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. Even city water that is supposedly treated is not pure.
Practicalmaina on Thu, 23rd Jun 2016 11:02 pm
I said climate change was causing drought, it’s probably just bad luck all the rain not falling in cali and the southwest and venezuala is concentrating in Houston. It kind of seems like mother nature is trying to fight back against the industry with Houston getting hit with deluge while tar sands territory burns.
dooma on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 1:45 am
It is all good and well to throw stones at China’s environmental record but we live in a global community and every time we purchase a cheap product from China, we are contributing to polluting of their waterways.
The best action is to change your buying habits. We already avoid food exported from China. So let’s do the same with items that are lucky to last their warranty period.
It will also send a strong statement to the sweatshops of China.
It is a common fact that the Chinese don’t even trust their own baby formula and continue bulk-buying from other countries.
No wonder that they are worried about necessities such as potable water. I see them facing enormous problems down the road with arable land and clean drinking and cropping water.
As far as the theory of them invading Russia, I find that amusing. They have a strong trade relationship with Russia and buy resources they don’t have.
Unlike another country that thinks it is their God-given right to invade countries and loot said countries resources.
makati1 on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 2:39 am
dooma, it is nice to hear someone who sees through the constant
Western (US) propaganda against China and Russia. Not too long ago, you heard nothing about them when they were no threat to the empire.
Now, when they are becoming the dominant countries, all you hear is lies and finger pointing, as though, as you said, the US could not survive without Chinese imports. The US cannot even launch it’s military satellites without Russian rocket engines which are superior (meaning they work) to American made ones.
The brainwashing the Us does to it’s citizens is mind boggling. Goebbels* would be proud if he could have done as good a job in WW2 Germany.
*For the uneducated Americans, Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.”
dooma on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 3:16 am
Yes Mak, as I am sure you are fully aware, ‘Merica, always needs a boogie man and now they have their pick between China, Russia and Iran.
Davy on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 4:39 am
Is this another “Lehman moment”? I see “Brexit” as a continuation of the destructive change from a new paradigm of decay and decline. The significance of this is a further fracturing of the status quo and all the uncertainties this unleashes. This leave the facade of normal in tatters and the PTB will be in a tissy trying to figure out this one. Is it a marker event, not quite, but it is an acceleration of the systematic side of network decay that is manifesting more destructive demand and supply conditions. Markets are going to go even more risk off and add to the already dangerous global deflation.
“It’s All Over As “Leave” Wins Brexit Referendum: Markets Everywhere Are Crashing”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-23/nailbiter-continues-here-are-first-official-results-and-they-give-bremain-some-hope
makati1 on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 6:30 am
In other news:
Good to see the EU is falling apart. The UK voted to leave and now 4 other countries are considering a referendum. I hope NATO breaks up with it. Maybe the US will become isolationist again? We can only hope.
Kenz300 on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 8:58 am
Too many people……….create too much pollution and demand too many resources….
China made great progress in moving its people out of poverty…….one reason was slowing population growth…..
If you can not provide for yourself you can not provide for a child.
CLIMATE CHANGE, declining fish stocks, droughts, floods, air water and land pollution, poverty, water and food shortages all stem from the worlds worst environmental problem……. OVER POPULATION.
Yet the world adds 80 million more mouths to feed, clothe, house and provide energy and water for every year… this is unsustainable… and is a big part of the Climate Change problem
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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/birth_control_permanent_methods/article_em.htm
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 3:32 pm
rockman, 19 & 20 inches of rain in less than a day in may parts of South Texas. Don’t have fuck all to do with pavement, pumping or over development. Y’all texass retards can tell each other all the “alternate” reality stories you want, but the rain fall records have been broken and will be broken again and again and again and there is one and only one explanation for the record breaking rain fall totals. There ain’t enough money on the planet to engineer your way out of this. Y’all made your bed – now swim in it. Last year, after a big rain, I told you and boaty (Houston’s finest) that it was going to happen again, but even worse. I even told you why and provided all the links to more than enough science explaining the reasons. So what happened? It played out exactly like I predicted and then some. So what happened then? You and boat and the local media immediately went looking for “alternative” explanations. Sorry, the laws of physics cannot be negotiated with. How do you do that? Confidently site the laws of physics when describing the reality of depletion on the one hand while trying to explain them away on the other?
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 3:33 pm
Private profits, socialized costs.
New UN report finds almost no industry profitable if environmental costs were included
http://www.exposingtruth.com/new-un-report-finds-almost-no-industry-profitable-if-environmental-costs-were-included/
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 3:37 pm
Almost 6″ of rain in 6 hours – the new global abnormal.
Kyushu deluge continues, 700,000 people urged to evacuate
“In Hiroshima Prefecture, a 12-meter section of riverbank on the Inokogawa River in the city of Fukuyama collapsed, causing minor injuries to two people. Fukuyama was hit by 148.5 millimeters of rain from midnight through 6 a.m. Thursday.”
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/23/national/kyushu-deluge-leaves-swimmer-dead-farmer-missing-700000-people-face-evacuation/#.V22TJNQrKt_
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 3:52 pm
And yet another gift from the new and improved cancer jacked hydrologic cycle.
14 dead in West Virginia floods; focus on search and rescue
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Multiple-fatalities-reported-in-West-Virginia-8322743.php
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 6:50 pm
Forest Fires Can Heat Up the Whole Planet
A new NASA study aims to unravel the ways changes in boreal forests affect climate.
“A monster forest fire that began in early May is still burning in Canada’s vast, isolated north woods. That may seem of little consequence to anyone other than the 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray forced to flee as the blaze swept into the northern Alberta city.”
“It is Earth’s single largest land habitat, and it stores about 30 percent of the carbon found on the planet’s surfaces—more than any other terrestrial ecosystem. The forest also provides refuge for animals and birds as they relocate from southern habitats that have become too warm.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/forests-fires-global-warming-boreal-nasa-earth-science/
Apneaman on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 6:54 pm
Bad Rains Fall Across Globe — 700,000 Evacuated in Kyushu Deluge as Worst Flood in 100 Years Inundates West Virginia
“Individually, these events would be odd. But taken together with what are now scores of other extreme flooding events happening around the world in the space of just a few months and the context begins to look a lot like what scientists expected to happen due to human-forced climate change.”
“Unexpected Record Floods Hit West Virginia
By early Wednesday in West Virginia the weather was starting to get a little rough. Strong storms had been running over the region since Tuesday as an unstable air mass funneled lines of thunderstorms into the Appalachian Mountain region. The forecast did indicate some potential for severe weather, but nothing near so extreme as what emerged.
NOAA QPC predictions called for peak rainfall amounts in the range of 3.24 inches from Wednesday through Friday. But the inundation that occurred on just Thursday alone resulted in rainfall totals of more than two and a half times that:”
https://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/24/bad-rains-fall-across-globe-700000-evacuated-in-kyushu-deluge-as-worst-flood-in-100-years-inundates-west-virginia/
10 IMAGES AND VIDEO SHOWING DEVASTATION FROM HISTORIC FLOODING IN WEST VIRGINIA
http://abc13.com/weather/powerful-images-and-video-of-historic-flooding-in-west-virginia/1399863/
Don Stewart on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 7:13 pm
Apneaman
Also suggest reading Automatic Earth’s explanation for how Europe got an anti-democratic government by stealth…Don Stewart
http://www.theautomaticearth.com/2016/06/the-european-union-government-by-deception/
Louis Diedricks on Fri, 24th Jun 2016 8:52 pm
Not only is water a problem in China;
much of India is in severe drought with hundreds of millions of people affected.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/20/india-drought-affecting-330-million-people-weak-monsoons
Kenz300 on Sat, 25th Jun 2016 9:14 am
The world needs to stop building any more coal or fossil fuel power plants….
They use lots of water to generate electricity (adding to drought problems)…they also add Climate Change gases to the atmosphere………………..
Wind and solar require little or no water to produce electricity (conserving water)………
Wind and solar also reduce emissions and do not add to Climate Changing gases in the atmosphere..
Climate Change is real………….we will all be impacted by it……………..
Apneaman on Sat, 25th Jun 2016 12:25 pm
West Virginia flooding death toll rises to 26
“”The mountainous state recorded up to 250 millimetres of rain on Thursday, causing rivers and streams to overflow.
“The damage is widespread and devastating,” Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said at a news conference. “Our biggest challenge continues to be high waters.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/west-virginia-flooding-1.3652735
Apneaman on Sat, 25th Jun 2016 1:05 pm
2016 Eastern Arctic ice melt weeks ahead of normal: Canadian Ice Service
Canadian Coast guard icebreakers on their way north for shipping season, scientific missions
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eastern-arctic-ice-conditions-1.3647896
No worries kids, your global elite master know exactly what to do about this unprecedented crisis.
UK-funded ice breaker in ‘elite’ Arctic tourism row
“Global warming has seen a rapid rise in the number of ships travelling through Arctic waters in recent years.
The Northwest Passage – a shortcut from Asia to Europe through the Canadian Arctic – first became fully clear of ice in the summer in 2007.
There is a significant tension between the science and environmental mission of the Shackleton and its participation in an exercise in tourism
Prof Michael Byers, University of British Columbia
Since then only a handful of ships have travelled the route – 17 in 2015, according to the US Coast Guard.
This summer the Crystal Serenity aims to become the biggest passenger ship yet to attempt to sail through the famous route.
Starting in Alaska, the 32-day voyage will see the 1,700 passengers and crew travel 1,500km across the top of Canada, ultimately ending in New York.
Berths on the 14-deck luxury liner are not cheap, starting at around $20,000 per person and running up to $120,000 for a deluxe stateroom.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36541583
Hollywood’s best and brighest could not make this absurd shit up. Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Kenz300 on Tue, 28th Jun 2016 11:20 am
We all need to take better care of the environment……..
Our every day choices have an impact……….
7 Charts Show How Renewables Broke Records Globally in 2015
http://ecowatch.com/2016/06/03/renewable-investment-broke-records/