WUXI, China, May 5 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- According to the Wuxi Wireless Sensor Networks Research Institute (CAS Wuxi Hi-tech Micronano Sensor Network Engineering and Technology R&D Centre), sensor network technology will play a much bigger role in the treatment of Taihu Lake, Wuxi, China. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Tan Zhenhua, Technical Director of Wuxi Wireless Sensor Networks Research Institute, said: "Given the high probability of blue-green algae outbreaks in Taihu Lake this year, we will work together with relevant departments to upgrade the warning system and increase the credibility of our predictions by expanding the scale of data collection." Gu Gang, Director of the Taihu Lake Pollution Prevention Office, mentioned in a press conference that the frequency and intensity of algal blooms wouldn't decrease, considering the possibility of high temperatures and little rain in the Taihu Basin this summer. Eutrophication is the major factor behind the

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Central China harnesses algae in Yangtze tributaries WUHAN, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Authorities promised swift steps Thursday to clean up the algae-plagued tributaries of the upper Yangtze River as water was affected in central China's Hubei Province.

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Algae in Yangtze River Tributary Affects Water for Thousands"] YICHANG, Hubei, June 20 (Xinhua) - Large areas of algae bloom in an upper Yangtze River tributary have forced thousands of residents in the central province of Hubei to stop drawing drinking water from the river.

With little notice, somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 Chinese die prematurely every year from the effects of outdoor air pollution, according to studies by Chinese and international agencies alike.