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| | Investigations taken in Asia reveals that 30 domestic sewage treatment plants, 65 tributaries and 155 main sections on the Huaihe River in 21 cities and 91 counties and districts along the river area often illegally release excessive wastes into the river. For more information, click here for a report from Peoples Daily Online. | | | | Both air and water pollution have been identified as major problems in Mumbai, by both local authorities such as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and by the World Bank. The World Bank describes Mumbai’s air pollution as “severe” and with regard to Mumbai’s water pollution states that “about 75 percent of all sewage is untreated and discharged to local waterways and coastal waters, causing extensive environmental hazard” (The Vulnerability of Global Cities to climate Hazards, World Bank 1996). | | | | Water resources in Lagos for domestic, industries and commercial is becoming scarce as a result of pollution of water bodies by wastewater, which contains heavy metals, bacteria (pathogenic) …
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