Wuxi, a metropolis midway on the railway line from Shanghai to Nanjing, is also referred to as the 'Lus- trous Pearl of Lake Taihu'. The excellent train con- nection to Shanghai, which is 100 km away, has enabled the city to grow exponentially in recent years. At the end of 1998, the city had 4.4 million inhabi- tants; at the end of 2010, it had over 6 million. In order to supply all of the inhabitants with drinking water from Lake Taihu, W

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