Posted on 02/14/2006 9:16:54 AM PST by cogitator
Citizens in south China's largest city, Guangzhou, risk a drinking water cut-off in the coming days as salt levels reach alarming heights, state media said Monday.
A "salt tide," caused as a drought sucks seawater inland, is threatening the city and municipal authorities can no longer guarantee normal, uninterrupted supplies, the People's Daily reported.
To brace for the crisis, several waterworks have been ordered to cease operations for limited periods of time over the coming week, according to the paper.
The steps come as salt levels in some parts of the city's water supply have hit 2,000 milligrams per liter, or eight times the generally accepted safety maximum.
The area has been suffering from a drought for the past two years.
Bush's fault.
Long past time for a reverse-osmosis desalination plant for this city. Why do people wait to do necessary things? Feh!
China's infrastructure is a joke.
I agree, but they may not have a had a drought this severe before that alerted them to the potential problem.
I bet John Kerry has a plan to fix this.
It will be released along with his plan for Iraq, which is stapled to the back of his medical records.
Why couldn't they just say "2 grams per liter", unless they are trying to spin it.
This would be like saying that Ted Kennedy weighs about 5,200 ounces.
>> I went to China once for the adoption of a baby girl, and everybody exits through Guangzhou. <<
I had a Chinese restauranteur tell me, "Guangzhou! Git! Git Guang! You Go Nao!
>> Long past time for a reverse-osmosis desalination plant for this city. Why do people wait to do necessary things? Feh! <<
>> I agree, but they may not have a had a drought this severe before that alerted them to the potential problem. <<
Last time I checked, an American city also had problems with water...
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