Related News
Home » Metro » Public Services
Water flows again in Songjiang
By Weng Lu |
January 16, 2009, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
WATER was running again in Songjiang District early yesterday morning after supply was cut when a water plant shut down.
About 350,000 families were affected by the accident on Wednesday. They lined up for hours before the neighborhood committee with buckets, water jugs and water bottles, to collect water from tankers and receive bottled water brought in by the Songjiang fire brigade.
The Songjiang No. 2 Water Plant, where the accident occurred, said the leak in its pump room that caused the shutdown was the result of a broken valve.
"The valve didn't work, which caused water to pour into the pump room," said Wang Jie, production and technology director for the plant. "But we did our best and repaired the pumps."
The Songjiang District government said that water supplies began to flow again from 11:40pm on Wednesday and that by 4am yesterday the entire district was reconnected.
"The repairs took a lot less time than expected," said Zhou Ping, an official with the district government.
Officials had expected repairs to take 36 hours or more.
At least the water sellers in Songjiang were happy. The owner of one water supply station in Songjiang, said it sold more than 120 19-liter bottles of water in a short time - usually the shop sells just 10 bottles a day.
About 350,000 families were affected by the accident on Wednesday. They lined up for hours before the neighborhood committee with buckets, water jugs and water bottles, to collect water from tankers and receive bottled water brought in by the Songjiang fire brigade.
The Songjiang No. 2 Water Plant, where the accident occurred, said the leak in its pump room that caused the shutdown was the result of a broken valve.
"The valve didn't work, which caused water to pour into the pump room," said Wang Jie, production and technology director for the plant. "But we did our best and repaired the pumps."
The Songjiang District government said that water supplies began to flow again from 11:40pm on Wednesday and that by 4am yesterday the entire district was reconnected.
"The repairs took a lot less time than expected," said Zhou Ping, an official with the district government.
Officials had expected repairs to take 36 hours or more.
At least the water sellers in Songjiang were happy. The owner of one water supply station in Songjiang, said it sold more than 120 19-liter bottles of water in a short time - usually the shop sells just 10 bottles a day.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
