Experts warn on water hazards

Experts warn on water hazards

Global warming and frequent extreme weather, with socio-economic development in the Pearl River, are likely to increase the threats of water-related hazards in Macau, said Professor Wo Xiaoming, of Pearl River Water Resources Institute of Science and Technology.

He emphasised the importance of the government's envolvement to prevent and control water hazards.

During the "Natural Disaster Management Workshop" held yesterday, Professor Wu Xiaoming, published the "Macau Water analysis and research recommendations.", which he jointly wrote with the president of the institute, Professor Wang Xianfang. In the paper, they said changes in global climate caused many impacts to Macau, including the rising of sea-level, the aggravating of backward salt tide, the increasing of extreme weather events, as well as the increasing experience of different weather hazards.

Saturday, 04 April 2009
Macau Daily Times