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- China tar spill threatens water for millions
- Lords slams government’s water supply oversight; water industry…
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China tar spill threatens water for millions
Independent Online – Jun 16, 2006
Water pollution has become a major national concern since a blast at a chemical plant in November released a toxic slick into the Songhua river, affecting drinking water supplies to millions in the northeast. Sixty tons of coal tar carried by an overturned lorry spilt into the Dasha river in the northern province of Shanxi on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. “The spill, moving at about one km per hour, is approaching the Wangkuai reservoir about 70km from the accident site,” Xinhua said, quoted environmental protection officials. The Wangkuai is one of two key reservoirs supplying water to 10 million people in Baoding, a city in neighbouring Hebei province.

Lords slams government’s water supply oversight; water industry…
Free with registration – Property Week – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 16, 2006
(Residential + regeneration: Development, investment and mixed use) –> COPYRIGHT 2006 CMP Information Ltd. A HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE has criticised the government for failing to consider the water supply when deciding to build one million new homes in the south-east. The science and technology committee said it was ‘regrettable’ that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had failed to consult the water industry, or give consideration to the issue of.

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Colorado Springs Gazette – Jun 16, 2006
Its fun insulting people, the best job Ive ever had, said carnival worker Ryan Calligan, 27, who wipes tomato seeds out of his eyes more than a dozen times a day. Vegetable Justice is among many attractions at the weekend fair in the woods of Larkspur, a hamlet off Interstate 25 between Denver and Colorado Springs. June 12, 2006Fountain loses 60% of its water supply – A valve malfunction at a water treatment plant has cut off 60 percent of the water supply to the city of Fountain. Sunday, city workers went around town telling people to stop watering their lawns. A mandatory restriction on outside irrigation is in effect until 4 p.