China to raise water quality standards: officials - Reuters

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China to raise water quality standards: officials - Reuters

Source: Reuters

China to raise water quality standards: officials

Fri Jun 29, 4:18 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it would raise drinking water
standards and establish a national inspection network to
monitor quality, in the wake of algae outbreaks that cut off
water supplies to millions of people.

Some 71 new standards, including limits on microbe content,
organic matter and disinfectants, would come into effect
from July 1, health officials said at a news conference on
Friday.

"From that time, people in urban and rural areas will have
the same water hygiene standards," said Zhang Chengyu,
vice secretary of the Regulation Department of Ministry
of Health.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070629/sc_nm/china_water_standards_dc

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