NE China drinking water pollution affects thousands

A medical worker of the local disease control and prevention center tests water samples from the local tap water in Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province, April 24, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

A man waits to get drinking water from a temporary water supply station after the local tap water was found polluted in Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province, April 24, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]