Nearly 700 million people drink water contaminated with animal and human waste, and according to the country's Ministry of Water Resources, 190 million Chinese drink water so contaminated that it makes them sick.

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Panelists included Mr Shigeru Kikukawa, Vice Minister of Land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of Japan, Mr Thomas P Bostick, Chief of US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Bai-mass Taal, Executive Secretary of AMCOW, Mr Rae-kwon Chung, from UNESCAP, and Dr Florika Fink-Hooijer, from the European Commission, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.

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Led by Ministry of Energy and Water Resources director general Shaul Tzemach, the Tzemach Committee announced that they would now allocate about 84 percent of available natural gas for export use, with the assurance that additional reserves be found that would ensure domestic demand is first met.

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