See, for example, Mark Elvin et al., Japanese Studies on the History of Water Control in China. Canberra： Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, 1994.
3 Chen Yongqi, Wang Tiemin and Qiao Xixian, eds., Huanghe liuyupian queshui chengshi shui ziyuan gongxu yuce (Supply and demand projections for water resources in water-short cities in the Huang He basin). Zhengzhou： Huanghe Shuili Chubanshe, 1997： 11.
4 Liu Changming and He Xiwu, Zhongguo 21 shiji shui wenti fanglue (China's water problem strategy for the 21st century). Beijing： Kexue Chubanshe, 1996： 5.
5 P. William Reidhead, Suchi Gupta and Deepti Joshi, eds. State of India's Environment Report (A Quantitative Analysis). New Delhi： Tata Energy Research Institute, 1996： 12-13. Rajasthan had a per capita water availability of 562 cu.m. in 1990, comparable to north China. Sustaining Water, Easing Scarcity： A Second Update. Washington, D. C.： Population Action International, 1997.
6 Bangladesh experienced a "groundwater revolution" in the 1980s and early 1990s with the installation of shallow tubewells. Mark W. Rosegrant, "Water Resources in the 21st Century： Increasing Scarcity, Declining Quality, and Implications for Action". UNU/IAS Working Paper No. 3. Tokyo： United Nations University, 1996：15.
7 Liu and He, 1996： 101.
8 Huanghe liuyu shuihan zaihai (Flood and drought disasters in the Huang He basin). Zhengzhou： Huanghe Shuili Chubanshe, 1996： 14.
9 Ke Lidan, "Huanghe xiayu duanliu yuanyin fenxi ji duice yanjiu" (An analysis of the causes of flow stoppage in the lower reaches of the Huang He and a study of countermeasures), in Shuilibu Shuizheng Shui Ziyuan Si, Huanghe duanliu ji qi duice (Flow stoppage in the Huang He and its countermeasures). Beijing： Zhongguo Shuili Dianli Chubanshe, 1997： 34; and Huanghe queshui xingshi ji qi duice. Beijing： Shuilibu Shuili Xinxi Zhongxin, 1997： 1-2.
10 Zhongguo shuihan zaihai (China's flood and drought disasters). Beijing：Zhongguo Shuili Shuidian Chubanshe, 1997： 400-401.
11 This sort of "natural" pollution by geochemical processes affecting groundwater has also been identified recently as a major health problem in areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal that rely on groundwater containing arsenic for human consumption.
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