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Algae threatens Wuxi's water
China's environment watchdog pledges to close factories polluting Taihu Lake
China's main environmental protection body has vowed to close all factories that are discharging pollutants into the Taihu Lake, which has been hit by an algae bloom contaminating the drinking water of two million people.
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ĦE 5 officials punished over pollution in lake where algae bloom halted water works
China has fired or otherwise punished five officials for failing to prevent pollution blamed in a massive algae bloom in one of the country's biggest lakes, a newspaper reported Monday. The punishments
ĦE China gets tough on Taihu Lake polluters
CHINA'S environmental watchdog ordered factories polluting a scenic lake above permitted levels to stop production yesterday, following an algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water supply for two million people in
ĦE Lake improvements placed on fast track
WUXI City in Jiangsu Province is developing a plan to improve the treatment of waste water. The initiative comes after residents endured days of stinking tap water caused by a bloom of blue-green algae that
ĦE Lake improvements placed on fast track
WUXI City in Jiangsu Province is developing a plan to improve the treatment of waste water. The initiative comes after residents endured days of stinking tap water caused by a bloom of blue-green algae that polluted the city's
ĦE China's environment watchdog pledges to close factories polluting Taihu Lake
China's main environmental protection body has vowed to close all factories that are discharging pollutants into the Taihu Lake, which has been hit by an algae bloom contaminating the drinking water of two million
ĦE Wuxi to raise water discharge threshold
WUXI Mayor said the city is considering raising the threshold of pollutant discharge into Taihu Lake after an outbreak of blue-green algae in it cut clean water supply to local residents last week, Legal Daily reported
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ĦE Polluted water troubles Wuxi
Locals wait to collect water at a water supply station in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2007. Residents of a city in eastern China rushed to buy bottled water after tap supplies became putrid from an algae

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