Mystery Pollutant in Chinese River Identified
CRI, China
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A distillery emitting a great deal of distillers' grains into Hailanghe River might have caused the unidentified flocs at a water supply source in Mudanjiang, northeast China, a city government spokesman said Tuesday.
Experts concluded that the flocs, detected at 2:00 p.m. on Feb. 19, are aquatic organism and would not cause chemical pollution, said the spokesman Wang Shuyin.The distillers' grains fermented and accelerated the growing of the aquatic organism as it has been warm in the past few days.
When the river thawed, the aquatic organism drifted to the Mudanjiang River whose water supply source is located in the lower reaches of the Hailanghe River, a tributary of the Mudanjiang River.The city has taken measures to ensure safe drinking water for its residents, and there will be no water cutoff, Wang said.
feb 26, 2006
CRI, China
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A distillery emitting a great deal of distillers' grains into Hailanghe River might have caused the unidentified flocs at a water supply source in Mudanjiang, northeast China, a city government spokesman said Tuesday.
Experts concluded that the flocs, detected at 2:00 p.m. on Feb. 19, are aquatic organism and would not cause chemical pollution, said the spokesman Wang Shuyin.The distillers' grains fermented and accelerated the growing of the aquatic organism as it has been warm in the past few days.
When the river thawed, the aquatic organism drifted to the Mudanjiang River whose water supply source is located in the lower reaches of the Hailanghe River, a tributary of the Mudanjiang River.The city has taken measures to ensure safe drinking water for its residents, and there will be no water cutoff, Wang said.
feb 26, 2006
