Shanghai authorities on Tuesday night reassured the public that the city's tap water production and supply is normal and stable after its announcement earlier in the day about water outages scheduled in some areas for Wednesday caused some residents to hoard drinking water.
More than 600 artifacts had been revealed by Tuesday during the salvage of the Yangtze River Estuary No.2, China s largest and best-preserved ancient underwater wooden shipwreck.
Shanghai is the largest city in China and third largest in the world. It is home to more than 24 million people and is the largest commercial and industrial centre in China. Challenges to water supply in coastal mega cities are becoming apparent worldwide, and Shanghai was predicted to be among one of the most likely to suffer severe water crisis. To meet its rapidly growing demand for municipal water supply, Shanghai has turned to the enormous fresh water resource provided by the Yangtze River at its estuary. Coastal reservoirs have been constructed to capture, store and protect water supplies in the estuary; these reservoirs now provide around 70% of Shanghai’s water supply.
This thesis is designed to examine the implications of using coastal reservoirs in Shanghai’s municipal water supply system by describing relevant water quality characteristics of the Yangtze River at points of diversion to Shanghai’s coastal reservoirs and evaluating the effect of water quality processes i
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