Tap water in 13 villages in Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province is abnormal. Drinking water for 17,667 people is affected.
Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, April 26 (Reporter Li Jiwei) The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Guangzong County Party Committee in Hebei Province on the 26th that the county has recently seen yellowing, foaming and odor in the tap water. influences. The official response stated that after the preliminary investigation, the incident was caused by the acid from the production of a bicycle factory in the county flowing into the village's drinking water pipeline, and the persons involved were controlled by the police according to law.
The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Guangzong County Party Committee that the village involved is within the water supply range of the 8th water supply station in the rural village of Guangzong County. According to the inspection and investigation, there are 7 villages with more serious problems, involving 30,044 households with 10020 people; 6 villages with minor problems, involving 2297 households with 7647 people.
The government of Guangzong County said that the abnormal drinking water incidents in some villages have been initially identified. The Zhitong Electric Bicycle Factory in Guangzong County used the tap water to fill the pickling tank on the evening of April 23. The water injection pipe was shut down in a standardized manner. After the water supply station stopped water at 23:00 that night, acid liquid flowed into the water supply pipe due to the inverted siphon effect. At present, the three suspects have been controlled according to law. The corporate legal representative Wang Moumou surrendered himself to the public security organ on the 25th. The case is being further investigated.
After the incident, Guangzong County set up a special working class, and took measures such as tank trucks to send water into the village to protect the villagers from drinking water.