The most severe salt tide in history comes and attacks Guangzhou. Its adjacent cities such as Dongguan, Zhongshan and Zhuhai etc, some important cities, are suffering plenty of consequences such as water quality drop and water supply stop etc. Citizen’s life and the production of corporate in these cities are seriously influenced.

It is forecasted that the largest water drinking source, rivers and brooks, maybe experiences salt tide strike and brings direct influence on water source in the west part of Guangzhou and even all water factories in Dongjiang Delta by the hit of tide on second January in Guangzhou from related department. Then 15 million people have no enough water supply in Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Macao, Hongkong. What measures will be taken in Guangzhou?

Salt tide increases the content of chlorides in rivers and then brings influence on water supply for living use. In order to settle the problem of no water supply, residents in Dongguan store water for future use on purpose. According to the recording data from laboratory in Dongguan Second Water Factory, the content of chlorides reaches 506 mg which is far away from standard of 400 mg. Talking about no water supply due to the influence of salt tide, the crew there express their deep worry about it.