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Pollution, Runoff, and Nanjing

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It is no secret that many bodies of water in and around Nanjing are polluted. In the past, Nanjing residents complained that the Qinhuai River smelled terrible, mostly due to the volume of waste dumped into it. In April of this year, Nanjingers began to notice that many parts of the river had not only become murky, but a black film had started to accumulate on top of the water. In some places, the water was even bubbling. In order to cleanup the damage, the government is undertaking massive cleanup program, but the results will not be immediately apparent.

Last month many places along the Qinhuai were filled with garbage, melon skins, plastic bags, and wood. Furthermore, unmaintained and neglected greenbelts along the sides of the river were producing runoff into the water. But one of the main causes of pollution was sewage. Numberous open drains released waste water into the river, producing a terrible smell and black slicks along the surface of the water. Starting in April, the Qinhuai River Water Management Department started a program to cleanup the muck.

In order to assess progress made in cleaning up the Qinhuai, the Oriental Guardian newspaper invited groups of university students who live near rivers in Nanjing to regularly monitor certain areas. Measurements were taken starting on 11 May, two weeks after the cleanup project started. What students and reporters found was that though some areas have shown improvement, other places still are far too polluted to meet people

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