Shanghai's tap water safe to drink
16/3/2006 17:16
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
The quality of
Shanghai's tap water has reached national health standards and is quite safe to
drink, said Shanghai Municipal government spokeswoman Jiao Yang at yesterday's
scheduled government press conference.
Last year, the four main elements of
drinking water evaluation (levels of residual chlorine, turbidity, bacteria and
coli) recorded a pass rate of 99.95 percent.
During the just-ended
three-year environmental protection plan, the city laid 920-kilometers of sewage
pipes and completed improvement work on 201 waterways in the city center, with
the water-quality level raised by 21.5 percent on average, Jiao said, adding
that the city will further improve drinking water quality over the period of the
11th Five Year Plan.
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