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Article: 1st LD: Yellow River's health continues to decline
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 6, 2006
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1st LD: Yellow River's health continues to decline
ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The health of the Yellow River
continues to deteriorate with a number of serious issues plaguing
China's second longest river.
Li Guoying, director of the Yellow River Conservancy Committee,
said in an interview with Xinhua on Friday that the Yellow River is
suffering from pollution, silting and a dramatic decrease in water
flow.
Li said the overuse of water resources was threatening the life of
the Yellow River.
According to Li, 60 percent of the water in the Yellow River is
used for human and economic activity, compared with an
internationally recognized limit of 40 percent utilization of river
water.
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