A research report on the waste-water treatment market in china recently surfaced that outlines the issue of water consumption and the need for waste-water treatment throughout the country. As it stands right now China already has major issues with air and water pollution, so it is critical that civil engineers who specialize in environmental engineering concentrate some of their efforts to address this growing issue.
(Waste-water treatment facility)China's population is over 1.3 billion people and constantly growing. This growth along with the equal industrialization of the country are the perfect factors for the desperate need for a more widespread and organized waste-water treatment program. The city of Moorhead, MN for example houses two major industries within its borders: American Crystal Sugar and Budweiser both have plants that operate year round. As I found out this past spring these industries consume and dispose of massive amounts of water on a daily basis. The large industrial demand for water inherently places a strain on the water demand for other commercial and residential buildings.
Though it is clear China has a great need for waste-water treatment facilities and programs to clean their environment up there are many challenges that stand in the way of that goal being realized. Can the government effectively put a plan in action to produce results? Would they have the funding and support to do it or may they need additional help from other major countries such as India or the United States? Is the technology up to speed with the times or are improvements needed such as the energy use of a waste-water treatment plant? And if a plan to improve China's waste-water treatment were to be enacted could it keep up with the rapid increase of population and urbanization? These are just some of the questions and issues facing environmental engineers in China today. I personally hope this issue can soon be looked at as China's health and prosperity easily influences the rest of the world.
Though it is clear China has a great need for waste-water treatment facilities and programs to clean their environment up there are many challenges that stand in the way of that goal being realized. Can the government effectively put a plan in action to produce results? Would they have the funding and support to do it or may they need additional help from other major countries such as India or the United States? Is the technology up to speed with the times or are improvements needed such as the energy use of a waste-water treatment plant? And if a plan to improve China's waste-water treatment were to be enacted could it keep up with the rapid increase of population and urbanization? These are just some of the questions and issues facing environmental engineers in China today. I personally hope this issue can soon be looked at as China's health and prosperity easily influences the rest of the world.
I liked how you were able to compare the situation in China to something in our area. It seems to me that this is a very large and necessary project. Although it may be dificult now, the longer the government waits to put a plan in place the harder it will be to come up with an effective plan.
ReplyDeleteYou touched a very important subject in our world today, eventhough it is overlooked at sometimes. I liked how you tied in your local knowledge when talking about crystal sugar and bubweiser.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you put importance of having a good waste-water facility and water facility for the health of people. I also liked how you left us with some questions for us to answer because this gets the reader's mind thinking. I don't think the United States should help though since we have our own problems with our infrastructures.
ReplyDeleteI Agree. As beneficial as it could be for the US to help out China in this area (we help out a lot of other countries as it is) we need to keep our focus here at home right now get the problems we have within our borders taken care of first.
ReplyDeleteA great topic for further investigation. This is a very relevant problem that needs to be dealt with soon. I like the references to current situations in Moorhead.
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