China Water

PROBLEMS IN CHINA:

• Water Distribution
  • South China has too much water
  • North China has too little water
    • More than half of China's population live in the north
• Desertification in the North 
  • Sandstorms are frequent in the spring
  • 28% of china has been turned to desert, effecting 400 million people.
  • Logging, over-grazing, over-farming and ‘reckless water use’ are the causes
  • An estimated 1000 square miles is lost to desert per year
  • In areas such…