Chemical park polluting water supply

SHANGHAI: Mei Zhengning, a resident of a village in Guangde county, Anhui province, has been drinking bottled water for several years because of the poor quality of the water in a nearby river.

But more than 70,000 others are not so lucky - they simply cannot afford the price of bottled water.

"There are still many poor families in the area who have to rely on water from the wells," Mei, a restaurant worker, told China Daily.