New monitoring system will guarantee quality and safety

A new system to monitor drinking water supplies from source to household tap is to be set up to guarantee safety amid growing public concern over deteriorating quality.

Details will be included in the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan, an initiative that will be launched soon to regulate the control of pollution nationwide.

The plan will strengthen existing measures to curb pollution in rivers, lakes and underground supplies, said Chen Jining, the minister of environmental protection.