Lanzhou admits to problems in water supply
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="contamination">contamination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tap">tap</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gansu">Gansu</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="weaknesses">weaknesses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="management">management</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="supervise">supervise</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span> <span word="Veolia">Veolia</span> <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="Co">Co</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="supplier">supplier</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="spokesperson">spokesperson</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="benzene">benzene</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chemical">chemical</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="plastics">plastics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="limits">limits</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tap">tap</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span>. <span word="Authorities">Authorities</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drink">drink</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tap">tap</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="contamination">contamination</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 2 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="resumed">resumed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="benzene">benzene</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="below">below</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="limit">limit</span> <span word="of">of</span> 10 <span word="micrograms">micrograms</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="liter">liter</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Ning">Ning</span>, <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="adequately">adequately</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span> <span word="Veolia">Veolia</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="joint">joint</span> <span word="venture">venture</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2007 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2.4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="downtown">downtown</span> <span word="Lanzhou">Lanzhou</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3.6 <span word="million">million</span>.</p><p><span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="regularly">regularly</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="benzene">benzene</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tap">tap</span> <span word="water">water</span> "<span word="in">in</span> <span word="accordance">accordance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>". <span word="Veolia">Veolia</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="monthly">monthly</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>.</p>
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