The Anning Sewage Disposal Plant, which looks like two large
grenades, will be up and running by the end of September, able to
dispose of 200,000 metric tonnes of sewage water a day.
The Lanzhou municipal government has invested over 7 billion yuan
(around 989 million US dollars) to deal with the polluted Yellow
River during the nation's 10th five-year plan, hoping to diminish
pollutants released into the river.
Pollutants turned the waters of the
Yellow River into the colour of dirty milk along the Lanzhou City
section on December 22, 2006.
After
heavy rains, the Lanzhou City section of the Yellow River was
heavily polluted with domestic rubbish on June 17, 2007, stretching
several kilometres along the river.
(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2007
