Problems in China

I was reading some articles in the Times about China that I found interesting. While there is far to much information for my to accurately summarize in this post I will try to give a brief synopsis if any one wants to check it out. The concept in the series of articles is that while China is booming economically they are running out of drinking water and irrigation water. Not only is that a problem but the water that they do have is becoming increasingly polluted as well as the air in the country. While enviromental problems are to be expected in countries that are industrializing (hell we in the US have lit a river on fire before with pollution) the nature of the problems in China seems far more serious, I'm no economist so i can't predict what effects this will have on their countries economy and ours, nor do I know what capabilites the Chinese government has to deal with such problems, but from the sound of the articles it seems like China's swift economic climb might just pleatu for a little while some time soon

The green water is supposedly some kind of toxic algae.