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The official Xinhua news agency cited a report by the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau as saying that water in the Guanting reservoir fell short of standards for level five on the country’s scale of water quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Water at levels one to three is considered potable, while that at level five is fit only for irrigation, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It added that around half of the lakes and ponds in the city’s scenic spots were so polluted that they could not be used for irrigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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