Some one got up early and tested the domestic water supply at 2 am this morning. It seems that the cadmium level of water leaving Liudong water works was less than 0.00060mg / l, while at Liunan water works it was 0.00081mg / l. The permitted maximum is 0.005mg / l. Rumours have been spreading [...]
This morning, the Liuzhou emergency information service sent their now at least daily text messages informing citizens that, at 7 am today, the detected cadmium level of water entering Liuzhou West water processing plant was 0.0022mg/l and, after treatment, water is leaving the plant with a level of <0.00060mg/l which is well within national safety [...]
Things seem calmer today. Following on from late last night’s cell phone message from Liuzhou government telling us not to worry, today they started sending out regular updates about cadmium levels in the river. At 10 am this morning, according to their reports, the level was 0.005mg/l which is the maximum level considered safe. By [...]
At 23:36 on Friday 27th January 2012, Liuzhou officials sent this message to all cell phones in the city. 温馨提示：只要水龙头拧开出的水，必定是合标的安全用水，请大家放心使用 在控制供水之前24小时，将通过新闻媒体提醒您储存好备用水。【代柳州市应急指挥部信息发布组发】 To cut a long story short, and if I’ve got my translating hat on the right way round, it says something along the lines of: Don’t worry about your tap water. It’s safe. If [...]
Well, they may or may not have been panic buying water on Tuesday or Wednesday as reported, but they certainly are now. This morning I visited Nancheng supermarket under the square. It was completely out of bottled water. Lianhua Century Mart still had some , but it was being rapidly trundled out of the shop [...]
Here’s an oddity. China Daily is reporting that the good citizens of Liuzhou have been panic buying water. This follows reports that the cancer-causing heavy metal, cadmium has been discovered at dangerous levels in the reservoir at Lalang Hydroelectric Dam on the Longjiang River near Yizhou. I’ve been in the supermarkets every day since this [...]
I can't remember the last time it rained here. Months ago. Here we are, well into November and the temperature is still hovering around between 20° and 30°C. The average temperature for November is normally between and 10° and 19°C. While I am not one to complain about the weather being too warm or dry, [...]
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