Drought

Drought

1. Monsoon Climate (summer monsoons come late or winter monsoons come earlier)

   • Drilling new wells to tap ground water
   • Building more reservoirs to store rainwater, river water or snow meltwater
   • Improving water resource management to regulate the water supply to different areas along rivers during the dry season

2. Large extent from west to east

   • Cloud-seeding

3. Deforestation leads to decrease in tranpiration

   • Educating the public on the importance of water conservation
   • Teaching people about reusing and recycling water, and increase public awareness of the importance of water resources

4. Increasing demand for water

   • Rapid population growth
     • Teaching people about reusing and recycling water, and increase public awareness of the importance of water resources
     • Increasing water charges to push people to use less water
     • Building more reservoirs
     • Drilling new wells
   • Fast-growing economic development
     • Setting up large-scale water treatment plants to reduce pollution
     • Passing laws which require factories to meet water quality standards
     • Educating the public on the importance of water conservation

5. Poor methods of using water resources

   • Carrying out leakage prevention work in irrigation channels
   • Reducing evaporation of soil water
   • Growing drought-resistant crops, such as peanuts, sweet potatoes, Chinese millet and corn

6. People are not aware of how they can save water

   • Teaching people about reusing and recycling water and to increase public awareness of the importance of water resources
   • Educating the public on the importance of water conservation