Reuters: The north Chinese province of Hebei, which will supply arid Beijing with much of its water for the summer Olympics, is suffering severe drought, with half a million residents likely to face hardships with drinking water. Hebei lies next to China’s national capital and has long provided the city’s 16 million residents with most of their water. With Beijing’s water demand during the Olympics expected to spike by up to 30 percent above average, reaching 2.75 million cubic metres …