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Shanghai, the city "on the sea," is facing a serious freshwater shortage.
The deets: Beginning in early September, regulators were forced to close the water intakes of two of Shanghai's four key reservoirs to prevent seawater incursions – also known as salt tides – from contaminating drinking water....