Five Chinese chemical spill polluted river, affecting drinking water supply

On the Xin River, China's main water source of drinking water in eastern Zhejiang Province recently, chemical spills, in which five water utility companies to stop from the river water with the local Environmental Protection Bureau spokesman said Monday.

 

As of Monday noon, at least 552,200 in the county and the nearby city of Hangzhou, capital city water supply were also affected, said the Lao Xinxiang, deputy director and spokesman for Hangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau.

 

Closely monitored, because on Saturday night, when a tanker overturned in the river near the road, carbolic acid load in the truck caused the rivers overflow. Chemical washing into the river rain.

 

Xin River, Fuchun River and Qiantang River into the feed, the drinking water of several cities in Zhejiang, including Hangzhou, a major source of water.

 

Xin'anjiang dam has been unloaded the 1239 cubic meters per second, the dilution rate of increase in leakage of water. The previous rate of discharge of 268 cubic meters of water per second.

 

The concentration of phenol the river, an industrial chemical used to create plastics and other materials, with discarded because the river water discharge, the dilution of these chemicals upstream.

 

Although there is no supply of contaminated drinking water, the downtown area of ​​Hangzhou, some people rushed to buy bottled water, resulting in some supermarkets bottled water running in the city.

 

Hangzhou Municipal Government urged the public to store some water for daily use.