Beijing residents will be drinking desalinated sea water

Million tons of sea water from the Bohai Sea will daily freshwater plant Aqualyng Caofeidian to supply fresh water, residents of the Chinese capital. On this project, which is jointly implemented by the company Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited and Aqualyng China Limited, According Visitchina.ru to the official web portal of the Chinese capital.

The first fresh water extracted from the sea, will be here in three years. It will supply the city of Tangshan in Hebei province to Beijing. This project is for the extraction of fresh water from the sea was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission back in 2011. As requested by the water of the sea will match 106 national standards and in quality will be better than the current pipe.

As reported by the Chinese media, a million tons of desalinated water - one-third of the daily consumption of Beijing. The water from the Bohai Sea is designed to be an alternative source of fresh water, the lack of which Beijingers have been for many years. Tourists who come not only in Beijing but also in China, warn that tap water is unfit for drinking. Sometimes it is 80% may be contaminated by hazardous substances, such as salts of heavy metals and pesticides. The water of the sea is to improve the security situation of water resources in the Chinese capital. And at the cost of public services should not affect it.