Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

Blue water for Green Olympics – Part II

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Green everywhere for everyone.

Who says hosting nation of the Olympic Games, says big budget. And who says drought in that country, says big issues for water supply. Except for China? Officially, yes. The authorities in charge for water management in Beijing had claimed that the Games will not suffer from a lack of water. “Water demand during the 2008 Olympics will be guaranteed,” said Wu Jisong, director of the water supply program under the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, in 2006. And for good reasons. (more…)