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Approach

 The solution set we propose for water scarcity in Beijing operates within the confines of the current government structure in Beijing which exists as a combination of communism and capitalistic ideals. Water scarcity in Northern China, including Beijing, has lead to the implementation and considerable progress in the development of a longstanding plan to bring an annual total of 44.8 billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze river to the northern regions of China, including Beijing. This current plan, called the South to North Water Diversion project will nearly quadruple the current per-capita water availability for the citizens of Beijing considerably reducing the need for crisis based water management strategy. Along with advocating for the persistent development of this project we recommend that the Beijing government adopt a domestic water pricing reform, invest in long-term desalination projects, implement a plan for industrial & agricultural pollution control and water quality reparation, increase public knowledge of water crisis status, and a possibly tax based method of population control.

Our solutions intend to attack water scarcity from all angles including assessing and reducing current pollution while repairing polluted water sources consequently increasing usable water availability, increasing water prices with a block pricing scheme putting pressure on high consumption domestic users decreasing domestic consumption which makes up ~40% of total water use, investment in desalination as a long term process for increasing water availability, management of population growth to decrease demand, all supplementing our endorsement of the South to North water diversion project.