Olympic games could intensify water shortage in north China
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Environmental NGO, Greenpeace fears that the Beijing Olympics will intensify water scarcity in north China.
Experts in China say Beijing will run out of water in the next five to ten years.
Despite this a Canadian research group says the Beijing Olympic Games will consume about 200-million cubic metres of water.
But the Beijing Olympic Committee says water would be used wisely in the Olympic venues.
Jeff Ruffolo from the BOC says at the Olympic Village all the hot water will be solar treated and toilets would be flushed with reclaimed water
He says when he first came to Beijing in 1999 there were three sewarage plants in the city while today there are nine.
Reports also say that the Beijing Olympics will be the first Games not using ozone-depleting substances.
