Two booming cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province warned of unqualified
drinking water sources, which failed to meet national standards in
this regard.
Ammonia nitrogen, Fecal coliforms, biochemical oxygen demand,
and total nitrogen were cited as major pollution indices for the
drinking water sources in the two cities, according to a report
issued Monday on the environmental situation in Guangdong last year
and in the period of the 10th Five-Year?Guidelines
(2000-2005).
The quality of all drinking water sources in 19 other cities of
the province met the national standards last year, said the
report,published by the Guangdong Provincial Environment Protection
Bureau.
Guangdong has altogether 66 drinking water sources, covering all
of its 21 cities, said Chen Guangrong, deputy director of the
bureau.
In general, 87.5 percent of the drinking water sources in the
province met national standards last year in terms of water
quality, Chen said.
"It indicated 19.7 percentage points higher than that of 2004
and the overall situation is positive," Chen said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 19, 2006)