China is beset with nearly unquenchable water sufficiency challenges. For instance:
- The world's most populous nation has on average one-quarter of the per capita water resources of the world average; in Beijing, it is one-thirtieth. Some 136 cities face severe water shortages.
- More than 300 million people, almost a quarter of the population, lack access to clean drinking water.
- Because of pollution, one-quarter of China's waterways can't be used for industry or irrigation.
- Water shortages on average have reduced industrial output $25 billion a year, according to CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets.
- If no steps are taken, Beijing could face a water shortfall of one billion metric tons of water a year by 2010, estimates Ma Jun of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
These are some of the issues that will be addressed at IncreMental Advantage's Profiting in the Water Industry Conference which will take place in New York City on June 6. Further information can be obtained at www.incrementaladvantage.com/conferences or by contacting Neomi Barazani at neomi@incrementaladvantage.com.
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