Case Study → Industrial Water Pollution, China (Edexcel A-Level Geography): Revision Notes

Case Study → Industrial Water Pollution, China

Context	● In the industrial regions of S China, water pollution is an increasingly serious problem
Statistics/Facts	● Arsenic in water • Cancerous ● Over 12 billion tonnes of polluted materials and over 6 bn tonnes of wastewater were discharged into the waters off Guangdong in 2007
Impacts	● 300 mil use contaminated water daily ● More than 40% of the province's rural people do not have access to safe drinking water

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