Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Water-from-the-Yangzte-River-27MZIFLMRDMT.htmlConceptually similarWoman on Boat in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208QCompleted★★★★★★Woman Fetches Water in Yangtze RiverGP0208NCompleted★★★★★★★Woman Fetches Water in Yangtze RiverGP0208ICompleted★★★★★★Women in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208ECompleted★★★★Doctor in Jiangsu ProvinceGP02088Completed★★★★Fishing Nets in Jiangsu ProvinceGP025TRCompleted★★★★★★Factories along the Yangtze RiverGP0208ACompleted★★★★★★Girl on Yangtze RiverGP0208JCompleted★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02084Completed★★★★View AllGP0208PWater from the Yangzte RiverWater fetched form the Yangzte River used as drinking water. Fishermen from Yanglingang, Taicang City are not rich, they live a boats. They fetch drinking water from the river and then store it with alum. Factories along the river discharge their waste water into the river.Locations:Asia-China-Jiangsu-Taicang-Yanglingang-Yangtze RiverDate:16 Mar, 2010Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3351px X 2234pxKeywords:Chemical industry-Day-Drinking water-High angle view-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-River pollution-Toxics (campaign title)-Water-Water pollutionShoot:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze RiverFifty families of fishermen live in Yanglingang village, in the Jiangsu province. They fish for their livelihood and have drunk water from the Yangtze for decades. In the last few years, however, the river has been significantly polluted, and thefishermen noticed that the water has a strange flavor. Since 2003, factory construction has erupted all around Yanglingang. Today the little fishing village is surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants. Greenpeace together with photographer Lu Guang documented the life and death of this community living "under the pipe". The water that flows beneath the fishing boats is the same wastewater discharged from the factories, and the air that fishermen breathe is the same acrid, metallic air polluted by the factories.The problem worsens in winter, when the water level of the river falls, but wastewater discharge does not decline. The fishermen often suffer stomachaches, diarrhea, and other diseases. This January, the village head Xu Jiabao suffered from the same kind of gastro-intestinal disorders. The fishermen have gone to the local government and nearby industrial parks several times to report the pollution and request the installation of tap water for the village, yet years have passed with no action being taken.Related Collections:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze River (Photos & Video)