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In China's murky waters, global sewage firms seek rewards
Published Sun, Jul 9, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Changzhou
GLOBAL sewage and water treatment firms are eyeing opportunities in an unsavoury place: a growing pile of waste in China, the world's most populous nation.
The country has been for years battling contamination from fertiliser run-offs, heavy metals and untreated sewage. A survey in 2015 showed nearly two-thirds of China's underground water and a third of its surface water was unfit for human contact.
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