Algae threatens water for millions

Treyfish · May 31, 2007

Algae threatens water for millions


May 31, 2007 08:04 Beijing Time

A blue-green algae bloom is threatening the water quality of a lake that provides drinking water for millions of people in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
Panic buying of bottled water and bread is occurring in Wuxi with a population of more than five million, after a blue-green algae bloom appeared on Tuesday in Taihu Lake and made the water smell unpleasant.
The price of an 18-liter bottle of water sold by street peddlers had risen from eight yuan to 50 yuan on Wednesday night.
Blue-green algae is a simple aquatic plant life that occurs naturally in rivers, lakes, damp soil, tree trunks, hot springs and snow. "Bloom" is the common term used to describe an increase in the number of algal cells to a point where they can discolor the water, form scum, produce unpleasant tastes and odors, affect shellfish and fish populations or otherwise create a nuisance and seriously reduce the water quality.
Initial investigations show the water level of Taihu Lake is at its lowest in 50 years this summer due to continuous high temperatures and lack of rain, which caused an excess of nutrients in the water.
The city government is planning to artificially induce rain on Thursday or Friday to dilute lake water, and the provincial government has agreed to divert more water from the Yangtze River to the lake.
Local authorities are closely monitoring the supplies of the bottled water in 10 supermarkets and have allocated more bottled water from neighboring regions.
Wuxi, administering six districts in the city proper and two other small cities, has a population of more than five million.
The affected population is mostly in the city districts, but the local government is still counting the exact number who have been affected by the blue-green algae bloom.
Local authorities are closely monitoring the water quality around the clock and Yang Weize, secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, vowed on Wednesday to guarantee safe drinking water "at all costs.":tiphat: http://www.jongonews.com/articles/07/0531/16570/MTY1NzADmI21rpH.html

Treyfish · May 31, 2007

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来源：新华网

Source : Xinhuanet

uxi May 30 (Xinhua Liu Zhaofeng right Han Yu Qing Huang Haibo) on the 29th, Wuxi in Jiangsu Province City of the large number of people at home tap water suddenly changes, accompanied by an unpleasant odor, normal consumption, the public rushed into pure water and bread.

ll monitoring data show : This summer, Wuxi Taihu Lake in the urban areas the water level there 50 years minimum water level, coupled with continuous high temperature drier weather. Taihu water eutrophication heavier, many factors have led to the outbreak of cyanobacteria in advance, affected the water quality of tap water.

t 18:00 on the 30th or so, this reporter visited the Wuxi City of pomade, Carrefour and several supermarkets. found all cylinders, the purity of bottled water had been sold out.Supermarket personnel, on the 29th at the public began to rush into the night on the supply shortage occurred. Some small shops, a bottle of pure water is hard to find, a few business operators also took the opportunity to raise prices, the original 6 per barrel of pure water have been sold to 10 yuan.Reporters on the scene also saw that many people started to buy other varieties of drinks and a lot of people started queuing to buy bread. They are worried that the water used to cook degenerating health.

ay 30, Wuxi City Area Roadway Song former homes burned to the water accompanied by smell.

新华社记者韩瑜庆摄�

Xinhua News Agency reporters Han Yu and Qiang She

超市内空荡荡的纯净水货架。

Supermarkets empty shelves of pure water.

图片来源：人民图片网

Photo Source : People Photo Network

May 30, a large supermarket in Wuxi of drinking water are sold out.

May 30, Wuxi individual businesses are moving from Shanghai to transfer the purified water in preparation for the sale.

xi Municipal Party Committee and municipal government has launched emergency plans, on the one hand, through the local media timely disclosure of information to the public, avoid public panic over the other active countermeasures, increased market finished drinking water supply, City water and demanded Corporation unflagging, and regardless of the cost, to take technical measures to strengthen, water restored as soon as possible to safety standards for drinking water. Experts are concerned rushed to the Wuxi on countermeasures.

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It is understood that the Wuxi municipal authorities are paying close attention to changes in water quality.
Odoriferous Wuxi spot on the 2nd --- pollution in the face of this reality

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This is the first time the true feeling of terrible pollution. In a place adequate water. I do not really care about this may be some people ridicule the stories I have never seen, or sneered at me over the top and sensitive. But I record the past two days the true situation and experience. heartfelt feelings he had for so long environmental, or how the results?

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Hopes are now in Wuxi friends have to take care of!

5月29日

May 29

During the day, if you normally go to school and picking them up, take a nap, drive operations. At open-jumped out to an unknown when the news said the recently because of pollution in Taihu cyanobacteria outbreak, the entire Wuxi in water, we must not, can not drink, not washing, In short what is not, the students rushed to pure water reserves. Ebony prepared charcoal. was not too concerned. evening school to the Commercial Street supermarket to buy fruit, see a mountain boys hands barrels vat of water Sen live up from supermarkets.

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At work done when preparing to take a bath, and an open faucet that will hear the sickening smell the smell, washed their hands, That smell completely cover the wash liquid aromas.

当时我的反应很强烈,因为比较.

At that time, I reacted very strongly because of the sensitive owes something. think that the special flavor of nausea. even boil the water are risking sight of fishiness. We can not determine tap out The water in the end is what they decide to use pot boil water added DETTOL. further increases over the cold water DETTOL hurried out of the wash bath. Lane used for the drinking water pure water Xianlelian brush teeth. Laundry objects did not dare. and a students hostel to me and the other students to wash with the clean water act condescendingly, seemingly calm attitude Lane showing a bit of mockery, laughing at us over the top and sensitive. Finally, she added a trickle of warm water Xianlelian disclosed. but to me, "Tomorrow marks on the home asylum "scoff at the decision.

实在按奈不住发了个消息给家长,汇报了学校的情况.虽然知道这个时段是不会有回复的.想来整个宿舍楼情况都一样,不.

It marked by a news to parents, reported on the school. Although aware of the time there is no response. coming to the entire floor of the hostel are the same. However, many rooms have curfew, to be found the next morning the situation.

几个人折腾到两点来钟终于爬到床上.我闻着自己身上滴露和自来水混合的刺鼻气味,一宿辗转难眠.

Some people turn to the 2:00 bell finally climbed to bed. I hear their possession DETTOL and water mixed burned gas flavor, and shelter to come awake all night.

5月30日

May 30

一早的水池散发着腥臭,比29日晚的还要浓烈.我们一大桶纯水用的只剩下一个底.

Morning by the pool distributed to the fishiness. more than 29 are more extravagant evening. We use a vat of water only one end.

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Students are to meet to discuss "the Wuxi foul" topic. Only featured the usual class school classes notification group Lane also became pervasive. Some people say that the pomade of pure water once out of stock.

I find time on the Campus Network, "10" posted there are six of the stresses Odoriferous. and the campus has been totally plate "Odoriferous" reads filled. Some people clothing service washing smelly, and some people washing out the rash, some of this flavor of the Pan-nausea, the school bathroom are filled with the smell Xingsao. School supermarket barrel of pure water out of stock, where are the same no bath; Some people call out to the school for it is a holiday or the distribution of free clean water to the students; Many articles are reprinted with cyanobacteria knowledge, the cause of the contamination, some rumor-mongering; It was also the government's incompetence Ma Qi, reproduced a mayor Qiancou so (if that is true) ...

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Yesterday evening we used tap water to wash dormitory for students This morning faces a few more strange red beans. She regretted. and the firm said today, and I would go home station .

Eat lunch before I go out of our way to the campus network under the feeding tube will get in touch - who knows canteens are not used pure water? - and only get to see one other and the same front-page notice, reserves pure water and so on, water canteens silent. Below gotten the most and I feel like asked the logistics of those schools would not answer the question.

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To a canteen on the road. gone to see the face of a classmate. They are as much a subject as Zhou Zhao faces when told us, "Do not eat canteen, ******* meals are Odoriferous flavor " - indeed, we walked into the mess hall, and on the learning of the awesome flavor. Even empty stomach (no breakfast to eat), but to a small supermarket to buy yogurt. Supermarket small business abnormal thereafter, because the pure water barrel temporarily out of stock. Students have begun a frenzied pallets out bags of purchases maintained the purity of bottled water.

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Southern schools the pure water is said a long time ago out of stock. North supermarket queue at noon when the queue to buy the water than any investigation a popular star in the ranks of concert tickets. walking down the road people Almost all carry, with him and carried them, dragged out bags, pallets of water ... we go downstairs quarters called Waterworks too late to learn water production, drinking fountains on the pure water at the moment not to send. Jintei a little overwhelming the girls braved sweat, face covered with a "frustrated."

I made a telephone call to her mother telling wronged. She received messages middle of the night, early this morning to call Wuxi waterworks, phone circuits, EPA from this, busy, Wuxi television, busy, and then she can only ask helpless Wuxi 114, Also called to the CCTV news channel asked probably grow only thing clear. I tell her that the situation in the news to learn more serious. She even the pure After the shortage of clean water has become worried that absenteeism and allow me to go home.

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Wuxi has a hostel students (P). She alumni now in Wuxi television. We are very anxious in the end of this duration, and schools in addition to notify us physically, Water reserves than almost anything we have not said. So she called the alumni who, asked what the media has reported, the official what has gone wrong with the argument. The answer is they do not determine, They television at noon today to a total break has more than 3,000 phones, are asked "Odoriferous", Meanwhile, the government seems to be no. said to be good for three to four days, who knows? Oh. Alumni who said, Now they do not have television broadcast on the "Odoriferous" the livelihood of news - this count as a news blackout? P students called home and asked how home-like, she says, are smelly, the station downstairs pure water shortage who have been stealing water, beaten up. P students and the mother had not stealing water, Carrefour near the water a discount. So P students on the afternoon of the decision to go home to help his mother buy Carrefour.

We walk on the campus, met to talk about all the horrible "Odoriferous" passing through the small mouth of the vertigo. Students can not buy water for fear of tension eyes and the heat below queues. 1-Zhang Weiwei Zhaozui wearing gas, which really bother throat. as a large chicken. We suddenly feel like arriving in a similar situation in the film. it makes one think of a few years ago SARS panic enveloped by the city. After all, the SARS virus and invisible, impalpable. Odoriferous and smokers in the nose, glued to the physical, even eat in the mouth ... I had jokingly said to take the "Run 4 Ito" name, a painting to the theme of comic terror.

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Algae threatens water for millions

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