Turning down the tap on industrial water use
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The State Council issued new water conservation rules Wednesday that give teeth to national water conservation efforts.
Some context: China is home to roughly 20% of the world’s population but has just 7% of global freshwater – most of which is in southern provinces prone to flooding.
That means po...