Monday, June 04, 2007 7:38 AM
by
will
Closing the barn door after the horse craps in the lake
Next time, fix the waste water problem before you ruin the lake and pump toxic sludge into everyone's houses:
WUXI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- East China's Wuxi City is
developing a plan to improve the treatment of waste water after
residents endured days of stinking tap water caused by a bloom of
blue-green algae that polluted the city's famous and once-scenic Taihu
Lake.
"We will soon divert more water
from the Yangtze River into the lake and improve treatment of domestic
sewage," said Wuxi Mayor Mao Xiaoping.
Currently, the wastewater that is
treated by factories and sewage plants is still polluting Taihu Lake,
according to environment protection experts.
"The current water crisis makes us more determined in cleaning up Taihu Lake," Mao said.
That's nice. What a shame the threat of imminent disaster didn't spur him into action before the lake turned green. But at least the mayor proposing a solution (unlike, say, AQSIQ in the food scandals). You have to be worried if Yangtze river water is an improvement on what you have. Good news, though: you can still eat the crabs.
See also:
Danwei: Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response