The water in Ju Village, Buon Ma Thuot City recently has developed a foul smell and the residents can set fire to the water.
Water catches fire easily
Tran Van Que, a villager, said his family started smelling bad odour from the water in their well since last August. There is a yellow substance on the surface and the water also leaves a slippery feel like oil on the skin. Que immediately informed other people and they found out that water in the nearby wells had also been polluted.The water from Que's well also caught fire easily and gave off black smoke. The fires quickly spread to the pump.
After the receiving reports from the residents, local authorities have taken samples. The result show that the wells contain a large amount of oil. There are two petrol stations in this area and one warehouse that hasn't been used since 1992.
Nguyen Van Tuyen, head of the Office of Water resources, Hydro-meteorology and Climate Change, under the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said the Department of Industry and Trade were checking the locations of underground fuel storage tanks of the petrol stations in the area to find the cause of the pollution.
