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billion m3 , in which domestic water use increased by 2郾 81 billion m3 , industrial use
decreased by 2郾 68 billion m3 , agricultural water use decreased by 8郾 42 billion m3
and environmental water use increased by 1郾 99 billion m3郾

Water consumption per capita in 2016 was 438 m3 in average郾 Water use of 10郯 000
Yuan GDP ( at price of the same year) was 81 m3 , a 7郾 2% decrease comparing to
that of the year before郾 Water use of industrial production value added per 10郯 000
Yuan ( at price of the same year) was 52郾 8 m3 , 7郾 6% less comparing to that of the
year before郾

According to the results of national water quality assessment on river sections of
235郯 000 km long, the length of river complied with or were better than class鄄III
standard amounted to 76郾 9% of the total郾

V. Flood Management and Drought Relief

Generally speaking, the damage caused by flood and water鄄logging disasters in
2016 was relatively less than other years郾 Nevertheless, a total of 9郾 443 million ha
of cultivated land were affected by floods, resulting in no harvest of 5郾 063 million ha
of farmland, 101 million people affected, 686 people died, and 207 missing郾 A total
of 430郯 000 houses were destroyed and 192 cities suffered from inundation郾 The
disasters resulted in 364郾 3 billion Yuan of direct economic losses, among which the
loss with water infrastructures reached 69郾 8 billion Yuan郾 Provinces suffered from
severe flooding include Hubei, Anhui, Hebei, Hunan and Fujian郾 Death toll or
people missing caused by mountain flood took 68% of the total in 2016郾 The direct
economic loss caused by typhoons took 17% of the total loss as a result of flood
and waterlogging disasters郾

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