ASIA WATER IN BRIEF
- From: Vol 12, Issue 4 (April 2011)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Asia
- Country: China, India, Japan, Korea (North), Philippines and Singapore
- Related Companies: Hyflux, Maynilad and WesTech Engineering Inc
* The 11 March earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s Tohoku coast left 660,000 homes without water supplies, which have not yet been restored in many places.
Two weeks after the disaster, levels of radioactive iodine over twice the limit considered safe for infants were detected in tap water in Tokyo and more than ten other cities as a result of leakages from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Concerns over tap water quality outside the immediate vicinity of the plant have since subsided but groundwater and ...
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