The "Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety in Rural Regions of China" project has received a 6.792 million US$ investment from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchange (CICETE) under the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the Coca-Cola Company. It was launched on March 20.
This project will establish four demonstration sites in the water-stressed provinces of Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang and Liaoning. The project aims to improve the quality of drinking water and drinking water conditions in rural areas; improve the water treatment against and prevention of epidemic disease; strengthen water resources conservation; and revive the ecological environment; and promote ecological restoration and the development of ecological agriculture.
The project will focus pilots in four primary schools in rural Sichuan and Xinjiang provinces where there is a lack of basic sanitation. This project will not only make significant efforts to improve sanitation in the schools; but also implement the health education and technical training for school's health management.
By People's Daily Online
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