City suspends water supply over suspected pollution
Updated: 2014-05-09 14:24
(Xinhua)
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Residents line up to buy bottled water in a supermarket in Jingjiang City of east China's Jiangsu Province on Friday[Photo/CFP] |
NANJING -- Water supply in Jingjiang City of east China's Jiangsu Province was suspended after abnormal water quality was detected in the Yangtze River water source, the city's official microblog announced in a statement around noon Friday.
The government has started an emergency response plan, according to the brief statement on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
It did not say when water supply will be resumed.
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