Tap water back on after threat from big gas leak
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February 27, 2013, Wednesday
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TAP water supplies resumed at 11:30am yesterday in Yongxiu County in east China's Jiangxi Province after a large gasoline leak near its water intake at a river, local authorities said.
The Yongxiu County Tap Water Company resumed supplies as water quality at the intake on the Liaohe River met the standards after the pollution, the Yongxiu County government said.
Tap water for 60,000 people stopped on Monday after an oily substance was reported floating at the intake.
An initial investigation found that people trying to steal gasoline dug holes in a pipeline upstream, causing the leak, said the Jiangxi subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation or Sinopec. The pipeline has been shut and the leak sealed, officials said.
The substance that leaked from the pipeline was 93-octane gasoline, officials said. The leak lasted for 12 to 18 hours, with 2 tons of gasoline leaking per hour, according to an initial investigation.
Local environmental authorities sent straw, oil-absorbing felt and suction strands to Wucheng County to prevent the polluted water from flowing into Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake. Wucheng is located at the intersection of five rivers in the province and is beside Poyang Lake.
Neighboring Duchang County had water supplies cut at 11pm on Monday over fears that the drinking water had been polluted. After tests showed no signs of pollution, water supplies resumed in Duchang at 9am yesterday.
The Yongxiu County Tap Water Company resumed supplies as water quality at the intake on the Liaohe River met the standards after the pollution, the Yongxiu County government said.
Tap water for 60,000 people stopped on Monday after an oily substance was reported floating at the intake.
An initial investigation found that people trying to steal gasoline dug holes in a pipeline upstream, causing the leak, said the Jiangxi subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation or Sinopec. The pipeline has been shut and the leak sealed, officials said.
The substance that leaked from the pipeline was 93-octane gasoline, officials said. The leak lasted for 12 to 18 hours, with 2 tons of gasoline leaking per hour, according to an initial investigation.
Local environmental authorities sent straw, oil-absorbing felt and suction strands to Wucheng County to prevent the polluted water from flowing into Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake. Wucheng is located at the intersection of five rivers in the province and is beside Poyang Lake.
Neighboring Duchang County had water supplies cut at 11pm on Monday over fears that the drinking water had been polluted. After tests showed no signs of pollution, water supplies resumed in Duchang at 9am yesterday.
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