Hydrology

By using much more rainwater, HK can reduce imports from Guangdong

16 Jul 2012

The important issue of Hong Kong's future water security was raised by Su Liu of Civic Exchange ('To avoid a future crisis, Hong Kong needs to come up with a water plan', July 7).

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Flood control system takes top prize

15 Jul 2012

An innovative plan to combat flooding in Happy Valley by building a huge tank under the racecourse that can store enough storm water to fill 24 swimming pools has won an international award for...

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Two hikers die in flash flood

10 Jul 2012

Two hikers whose bodies were found in a stream yesterday were probably washed away by a flash flood in Pat Sin Leng Country Park on Sunday, police said.

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China's limitless thirst for water

6 Jun 2012

Water is a resource no living creature can do without. As the world's poulation increases, there is a greater demand for water, not just for drinking, but also for farming and industry. China is...

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Future sold down the river

24 Dec 2011

In almost riverless Beijing, a length of the once-proud but long-arid Yongding River is running again.

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Survey raises alarm over polluted water

25 Oct 2011

A government survey has shed rare light on a less talked about aspect of the mainland's water woes: massive contamination of groundwater.

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Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Death in flood an accident, court says

The drowning of a 72-year-old man in his Sheung Shui village house in a downpour caused by a typhoon last year was accidental, the Coroner's Court found yesterday.

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Pollution of water sources to be tackled

Beijing has pledged to pursue a decade-long battle against widespread pollution of underground water sources that put the health of more than 400 million people at risk.

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Hu gives top priority to boosting water projects

The central government wants a comprehensive water system in place by 2020 to safeguard the nation's crops and to combat future droughts and floods - like those that have taken a hefty toll on the...

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Academics win award for more accurate flood forecast system

Researchers from Hong Kong and the mainland have developed a system that improves flood forecasts by 10 to 20 per cent compared with earlier methods based on individual experience.

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Beijing considers tapping more water from Hebei

Beijing is considering increasing groundwater extraction and pumping more water from arid Hebei province to ease a chronic water shortage ahead of celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the...

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Banking on potable water as asset class

Just over two years ago, residents of the lakeside city of Wuxi flooded the city's supermarkets in search of bottled water.

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