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| Data - Water Pollution |
| Water
pollution in selected countries, 1993 |
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Emissions of organic water pollutants (kg) |
Industry shares of emissions of organic pollutants (%) |
|
Per day |
Per worker per day |
Primary metals |
Paper & pulp |
Chemi-
cals |
Food &
beverages |
Stone, ceramics, & glass |
Textiles |
Wood |
Other |
|
1980 |
1993 |
1980 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
China |
3,358,203 |
5,339,072 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
22.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
33.3 |
0.4 |
11.5 |
0.4 |
8.3 |
USA |
2,742,993 |
2,477,830 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
8.3 |
32.7 |
9.5 |
28.2 |
0.1 |
7.8 |
2.4 |
10.8 |
Japan |
1,456,016 |
1,548,021 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
9.9 |
22.0 |
8.8 |
36.5 |
0.2 |
7.9 |
1.9 |
12.8 |
India |
1,457,474 |
1,441,293 |
0.21 |
0.20 |
15.6 |
8.1 |
7.3 |
50.9 |
0.2 |
12.9 |
0.3 |
4.8 |
Germany |
.. |
1,046,176 |
.. |
0.12 |
15.6 |
15.3 |
15.1 |
27.9 |
0.2 |
6.4 |
2.0 |
17.6 |
Brazil |
866,790 |
855,432 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
10.4 |
13.5 |
9.1 |
45.8 |
0.3 |
11.5 |
3.0 |
6.4 |
UK |
964,510 |
680,865 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
8.9 |
24.7 |
10.1 |
37.1 |
0.2 |
7.2 |
1.7 |
10.0 |
Ukraine |
.. |
666,233 |
.. |
0.14 |
18.3 |
3.7 |
7.3 |
46.9 |
0.5 |
10.1 |
2.0 |
11.3 |
France |
716,285 |
609,940 |
0.14 |
0.15 |
11.9 |
20.7 |
11.0 |
37.0 |
0.2 |
6.7 |
1.8 |
10.8 |
Indonesia |
214,010 |
537,142 |
0.22 |
0.19 |
.. |
7.8 |
10.4 |
58.9 |
0.2 |
15.4 |
4.8 |
2.6 |
Poland |
580,869 |
365,580 |
0.14 |
0.16 |
13.4 |
6.6 |
7.7 |
48.4 |
0.3 |
12.5 |
2.4 |
8.7 |
Korea, Rep. of |
281,900 |
358,610 |
0.14 |
0.13 |
12.8 |
15.4 |
11.2 |
25.8 |
0.3 |
20.8 |
1.5 |
12.2 |
Italy |
442,712 |
353,906 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
17.0 |
16.1 |
10.5 |
25.8 |
0.3 |
16.1 |
2.1 |
12.1 |
Spain |
376,253 |
318,506 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
10.7 |
15.4 |
9.3 |
45.6 |
0.3 |
8.7 |
2.8 |
7.2 |
Canada |
330,241 |
300,071 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
10.1 |
30.1 |
8.7 |
34.5 |
0.1 |
5.9 |
3.3 |
7.3 |
Thailand |
214,426 |
256,930 |
0.22 |
0.16 |
6.3 |
7.6 |
6.8 |
46.4 |
0.3 |
26.4 |
1.9 |
4.3 |
Source: World Bank: 1998 World Development Indicators. Washington.
Data downloaded from:www.worldbank.org/nipr/wdi98/index.htm (August 1998) |
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| These are
the 16 countries with the highest emissions of organic water pollutants for which data
were available in the World Bank's 1998 development indicators. If these data are correct,
then China has by far the highest emissions of organic water pollutants in the world.
China's total daily emissions of about 5.3 million kg are equivalent to the emissions of
the USA, Japan, and India combined. They are 10 times higher than Indonesia's emissions.
According to these World Bank data, the food industry is the largest water polluter in
China. One-third of all organic water pollution is caused by the food and beverages
industries. |
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