The World Bank is spending USD100 million to improve water supply, wastewater and solid waste services in selected small towns in Zhejiang Province’s largest river and major water source, Qiantang. In a Jan. 20 news release, the bank noted that the Chinese province’s rapid growth and urbanization has led to the deterioration of quality of water coming from the River. At present, only 62 percent of the monitored river water quality is meeting the required quality standard.
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Eliza Villarino
Eliza Villarino currently manages one of today’s leading publications on humanitarian aid, global health and international development, the weekly GDB. At Devex, she has helped grow a global newsroom, with talented journalists from major development hubs such as Washington, D.C, London and Brussels. She regularly writes about innovations in global development.
