The CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences has joined forces with Agilent Technologies and Heilongjiang Provincial Hydrological Authority in setting up a monitoring station at the city of Jiamusi on the lower reaches of the Songhuajiang River.
The objective of the establishment is to make comprehensive surveillance on benzene-contaminated water quality, involving various elements in the polluted section of the river, including the river water, river sediments, ice sheets and biological samples. It will provide the first-hand data for the studies of the development trends and ecological effects of the recent water pollution accident caused by a chemical plant blast by the river so as to offer countermeasures for its rehabilitation.
