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 * __Issues and Background Information__**

For many years, industrialization has caused huge pollution problems all over the world, and today China might be becoming part of the problem as well. And it's effects are showing - 750,000 people in China die prematurely from pollution related diseases every year. But with only 8% of the world's freshwater supply and 20% of the world's people, China may be facing a problem that could impact its people in many different ways. In 2004, scientists collected water samples from the major freshwater areas of China. What they discovered would've been unsettling for the villagers around them; if they had known. Over 50% of the data samples they collected were so polluted that they were considered undrinkable.

Since our group members were sort of interested in this subject, we created our own Non-Government Organization (NGO) to combat the increasing water pollution in China, called AquaRefresh (stupid name, i know). Anyway, we created our NGO with the expectation that we'd someday be able to help save our water by finding more efficient ways to dispose of waste products and to clean up major freshwater sources that have already been damaged by pollution. Hopefully, we'll get the chance to work with some other NGOs on this organization, and people will see our cause as a good idea and help as well.

On the other pages in this website, you'll find detailed facts and figures on water pollution, as well as missions and goals that we hope to eventually be able to achieve. We hope that this site will help you learn more about our cause, and that it'll inspire you to save the water wherever you live.

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