To produce leather goods, plants dumped an estimated 8,000 tonnes of waste a day into theAo River, transforming its once-clear waters into a foul-smelling cesspool.
1998,Fuzhou Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Project in the People's Republic of China[3],Asian Development Bank,→OCLC, pages10, 17:
TheAo River currently provides water for Lianjian[sic – meaningLianjiang] County, irrigation for agriculture, water to villages for drinking, to fish farms, animal farms, and industries. Before the construction of the Shanzai dam the dry season flow in theAo River at the water works at downstream Lianjian[sic – meaningLianjiang] County has fallen so low (to 8.5m³/sec) that it was necessary to limited the water intake rate to the water works.[…](iii) obtain how data or theAo River at Lianjian[sic – meaningLianjiang] County from the Fujian Provincial Hydrology Department to monitor the effect of water diversion from the Tang Ban Reservoir on the quality and quantity of downstream water;[…]
[2021 December 12, “Three ordinary Taiwan locals who made new lives across the Strait”, in huaxia, editor,Xinhua News Agency[4], archived fromthe original on2023-04-08[5]:
Chiang said her father was born in Lianjiang, and he knew very well that if there was no dike, places like Gui'an and Taoyuan villages would be flooded every year. "Just a while ago, when it rained heavily, waterlogging can be seen in many places. At that time, I was looking at the course of theAojiang River, when I suddenly realized that we were defending our homeland."]
According to the 2010 United States Census,Ao is the 41,501st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals.Ao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.08%) individuals.
