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Six million Chinese face water shortages

Reuters

Feb 28, 2007

A severe drought in southwestern China is threatening the water supplies of six million people in the crowded metropolis of Chongqing, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing a local meteorological expert.

The southern province of Guangdong said it was considering rationing water to industry, farms and residents to ease a drought there.

Some parts of Chongqing — home to some 30 million people — had started limiting water supplies to residents and were drilling new wells to find underground sources, Xinhua reported earlier.