Posted: 投稿者： wtanaka (648) 投稿日時： 火, 2005-11-22 18:04 | 件名: Haerbin to turn off water for FOUR days

And I thought the water going off here for half a day was bad.  The city of Harbin, in the frozen northeastern province of Heilongjiang, is suspending water service to the city for four days due to a November 13 explosion of a petrochemical plant in Jilin.

The ever-reputable China Daily:

reported that the government shut off the water in order to do maintenance and repairs on the main water pipes.

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