Tap water supply restored following chemical spillage
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TAP water supplies in Fuyang City of east China’s Zhejiang Province resumed yesterday afternoon following a three-hour suspension prompted by a chemical spill that contaminated the Fuchun River, Fuyang’s water source.
According to the environmental protection bureau of the provincial capital of Hangzhou, the pollution has been treated and the water supply in Fuyang was restored at 3pm.
The spill occurred about 3am yesterday when a tanker carrying tetrachloroethane overturned on a road in Tonglu County and its chemical cargo flowed into the Fuyang section of the Fuchun River.
Fuyang’s government said it received the accident report at 7am, and asked water utility companies in the city to stop drawing water from the river, and banning fishing on the section affected. Citizens were without tap water from noon.
Fuyang and Tonglu are under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital of Hangzhou. Fuchun River is the upper reach of the Qiantang River, the main water supplier of Hangzhou.
The governments of Hangzhou, Fuyang and Tonglu have been taking measures to treat the pollution and monitor water quality.
Hu Wei, director of the environmental protection bureau of Hangzhou, said the contamination is within control and it is unlikely to pose any danger to Hangzhou’s water.
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