Beijing Winter Olympics Would Tax Water Supplies, IOC Study Says
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Beijing’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics could deplete existing water resources, according to an International Olympic Committee report.
“Reliance on artificial snowmaking would require diversion of water from existing reservoirs and may impact other land uses,” the IOC evaluation commission said Monday after visiting the city in March. The “scale of regional air quality issues is very significant.”