资料来源：博客文章：中国对空气污染的反应对水构成威胁

中国的空气污染控制行动计划实现了雄心勃勃的目标 - 构成空气颗粒物和煤炭消费，但可能会给该国的供水带来意外的问题。

The Plan aims to reduce particulate matter in the North China Plain by 25 percent and reduce coal’s share of the national energy mix to 65 percent by 2017. One of the plan’s key recommendations is to replace coal with cleaner natural gas, including synthetic natural gas (SNG) converted from coal. Converting coal to natural gas, however, is an extremely water-intensive process. One cubic meter of SNG requires 6 to 10 liters (1.58-2.6 gallons) of freshwater to produce1. So in an attempt to control urban air pollution in the east, China might jeopardize its water supplies elsewhere.

使用WRI的渡槽水风险地图集，我们将这些认可的SNG植物的位置覆盖在我们的水应力图上，以评估潜在的水风险。这些植物中有许多位于水力压力区域，可能加剧缺水。拟议的SNG容量中有76％以上将面临高或极高的基线水压力，这意味着每个位置要么与许多其他用户竞争有限的可用供水，要么根本没有可用的水。阅读我们的博客文章对于我们的主要发现。