Polluted Water Processing

　　In the past seven years， the Chinese Government has invested500 billion yuan ($81.5 billion) in processing polluted water. Itappears that China’s polluted water processing has achievedremarkable results， but in fact， although money has been spent，pollution remains a problem.

　　The reason is that China’s polluted water processing lacksa key procedure—processing polluted soil left after pollutedwater is processed. Most heavy metals and microorganisms inpolluted water remain in the soil， making it poisonous.

　　However， in China， 80 percent of polluted soil has not been effectively processed. Caixin re-porters have found that even in Beijing， a large amount of polluted soil is transported to farmlandon which corn， peanuts， fruit and vegetables are grown in surrounding suburbs and the neigh-boring Hebei Province without being properly dealt with.

　　The frst reason behind it is high cost. The cost of processing polluted soil accounts for 70to 80 percent of that of processing polluted water. Second， the result of processing pollutedwater is easily seen， while that of polluted soil processing is invisible. Some local governments aretherefore unwilling to pay for invisible results

　　July 22

　　Caixin Magazine

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