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Goals

 The problem in Beijing is that the citizens, industries, and agricultural components are running out of clean water, both surface and groundwater. Beijing only has ~300 cubic meters per person annually, nearly 4 times less than the UN’s standards of water scarcity. Therefore, this projects ultimate goal is to achieve a sustainable water consumption rate, one above 1,000 cubic meters per person annually, in Beijing through long-sighted policies and proper enforcement.

Assumptions and Constraints

●      The Chinese government is a communist system. Recommendations from this study must account for this political reality. Communist government in China, merely revising the short-sighted policies and creating possible incentives for water quality and quantity practices.

●      Beijing's population will continue to increase at 6.5% indefinitely (calculated using the population from 2000, 2008 and 2010). 

●      The total groundwater reserves is a number of great uncertainty and thus any recommendations from this study will avoid reliance on those resources.

●      Water resources in China are the property of the People’s Republic of China’s government. An applicable solution to the water scarcity issues in Beijing will have to address government oversight of this resource while addressing conservation on a domestic level. 

Time Frame for Goal Implementation

No time frame (as how many years of groundwater are left at current rates) can be accurately determined without more accurate modeling techniques. However, these goals need to be acted on immediately due to the severity of the region. 

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