China Water Stress May Worsen Even With Transfer Projects

China is likely to have more trouble tapping enough water to fill its needs even though the government is funding an ambitious project to move supplies from the south to the arid north, a report showed.

The findings from the University of East Anglia, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, paint a grim picture about China’s scarcity challenge for at least the next 15 years.