Pollution leads to water supply being cut in cities
By Wang Qian in Beijing and Pei Pei in Shijiazhuang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-07 07:41
Laboratory workers test water samples from Zhuozhang River in Handan, Hebei province, on Sunday. A leak of aniline from a chemical plant in Shanxi polluted the river. Hu Qinghua / for China Daily |
The water supply to Handan, a city in Hebei province, was gradually restored on Sunday after being cut off for half a day in response to fears that it had been polluted by a substance used in making dyes, rubber additives and other materials.
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