17 October 2012, Shanghai- Shanghai will set up the new water management system by 2014 with the strictest standard on water saving and waste water treatment in China. Details on the system include:

• The new system includes more scientific water resource allocation across the city and a central platform to monitor and control the water use efficiency of local companies
• A sewage treatment network will also be built across the city within three years to avoid waste water being discharged into rivers
• Major industries will be made to use 30 percent less water comparing with that of 2010. See how the textiles industry could be affected here