Water intake volatile phenols exceeded more than tap water appears smell Chongming Town

CreateTime:2014-02-24 Count:194

LONDON February 23 news: According to Morning News reported ? Hey, how to boil water in a stock rubber smell from the 20th, chenjiazhen Chongming County, in shangxingzhen to the town of sentinel areas Residents found that the water seemed to contain a chemical substance, strange taste. Many people worry about drinking this water will affect the health, had to go to the supermarket to buy pure water.

 

Chongming County Water Authority, said water intake due chenjiazhen volatile phenols exceeded, the tap water is affected. 11:00 yesterday, the test results show that quality of the raw water inlet and outlet of the water plant has returned to normal. Currently, the county water supply, environmental protection department under the guidance of experts in city water system adjustment process as soon as possible to restore water quality. Health experts suggest that in the period of adjustment of water craft, chenjiazhen, Zhongxing Town, to the town of sentinel area residents, in drinking water, cooking, temporarily choice of bottled water or bottled water when cooking.

At 9 pm, Chongming County Information Office news release, said after city and county environmental protection, water supply, sanitation and other professional departments chenjiazhen water for continuous monitoring, the latest monitoring results show that: water intake river water quality, factory water quality, water quality standards have been home faucets, water is available for drinking water.

There odor of tap water to make tea

Kwok, Chen Nan's living in private houses, she told reporters, starting on the 20th, the taste of tap water becomes strange. Boil the water, drink the mouth there was a smell like burnt rubber.

Kwok, Private living there well, she and her family came to fetch water from the well, boil drinking and did not smell the odor, natural water quality is normal, so we estimate that the water plant out of the question. Fearing drinking water detrimental to the body, Kwok begins a supermarket to buy two boxes of pure water, drinking water, vegetables, using pure water when cooking, and washing, laundry, use well water when clean.

Schilling to the residents of the town said that the use of filtered tap water purifier, which shares the taste is still there. Smells a long time, people feel very sick, like vomiting. Moreover, the taste is very strong and durable, that the use of water to boil tea, tea smell still lingering in these stocks. She also took a cup of tea to reporters Wen, reporter and she smelled like the chemical taste.

Residents said that although since the odor appears, tap water odor emitted light every day, but as long as the smell does not disappear, they still do not feel at ease. We called the water plant, the caller said the water was indeed contaminated, wait a few days it will get better.

5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Shanghai Chongming brigade fire brigade official microblogging Chongming Fire released news that Samsung has been deployed, Changxing, Bridge City, Town, chenjiazhen 5 Fire Squadron 11 fire engines were dispatched to 9 Point bottled water and bottled water, residents should water nearby, do not loot.

Pure water vat sell fast

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter went to a NGS chenjiazhen Chen imitation on the road, to see pure water shelf has been placed in a prominent position supermarkets, but only placed above the sparse FCL four boxes and a dozen bottles of purified water Bulk pure water. Many residents are buying pure water. Vat of pure water have? One resident asked. Has long been sold out, and now only this bottled up. Salesperson answer.

Salesperson said, only half a day, has sold at least a thousand bottles (barrels) of water, which is unthinkable in peacetime, has been a cold bottled water sales season, one day will sell a ten to twenty bottles. Due Inventories much, we also from Chongming emergency deployment of water over other supermarkets. Just talking to a salesperson and reporters a few minutes, four cartons of pure water is three residents share away, leaving only the huge shelves of more than a dozen bottles of purified water .

Thomas Chan in Hualian Supermarket stores, pure water has a few shelves are mopping up an empty, only called Hengda ice fountain, the water is still goods. This brand of water is more expensive, sold for 4.2 yuan per bottle, the water is three to four times the other, so people buy less, there is the point of shipment. Salesperson explained to reporters.

Salesperson told reporters produced a single supply showed only the day yesterday, the store went into more than 120 boxes farmer spring of pure water and more than 20 boxes of pure water is wide and specifications including 4-liter, 1.5-liter, 550 ml and loaded 380 ml and other types of equipment. The people figure affordable, and therefore more vats, selling sooner. According to statistics, from yesterday 11:00 to 15:00, just four hours, more than 140 cases, nearly 2,000 bottles (barrels) of pure water sold out. The supermarket said it would step up to the warehouse transporting clean water to meet the water needs of the residents.

Pollution cause is still under investigation

Chongming County Water Authority personnel said that from the 20th, began to receive reports from residents that the water smell, Water Authority in conjunction with the CDC, health monitoring department investigation found that residents that is true. Water chenjiazhen water intakes 21 samples obtained detect volatile phenols exceeded, tap water is affected. At 11:00 on the 22nd, the relevant units 2 times for raw water quality and water plant outlet water quality testing, the results of compliance. At present, the cause of pollution is still under investigation.

Source: China News Express Update

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