China News Service, April 25. According to the WeChat public account of the Propaganda Department of the Guangzong County Committee, the Guangzong County People's Government issued a notice on the 25th that after investigation, the cause of abnormal drinking water in some villages in Guangzong County has been initially identified. On the evening of April 23, Zongxian Zhitong Electric Bicycle Factory used tap water to fill the pickling tank. The on-site operation technician did not close the water injection pipe according to the operation specifications. After the water supply station stopped at 23:00 that night, due to the inverted siphon effect, Acid flows back into the water supply pipeline.
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According to the notice, at present, the three suspects have been controlled according to law, and corporate legal representative Wang Moumou surrendered himself to the public security organ at 18:10 on the 25th. The case is being further investigated.
According to media reports, on the 24th, residents in three villages, including Wulizhuang, Zhaojiawu, and Lijiazhuang, Guangzong County, Hebei, experienced abnormal water use, and the water quality turned yellow and foamy and smelled strange. The villagers said that the water flowing from the water pipe had a pungent smell, which would corrode the ground and cause burns when washing its face.