50,000 people without water

Over 50,000 people in Russia's Perm Region are without water for a second day on Tuesday after a tributary of the Volga was contaminated with an unidentified substance.
On Monday morning a filtration plant in the city of Krasnokamsk reported that water in the river Kama, which supplies the city, smelled of paint.
Water supplies to the city were subsequently cut off and 1,300 houses, 26 kindergartens, 15 schools and 4 medical centres were affected. Local authorities supplied water tanks to residents.
The regional head told journalists on Tuesday that the water supplies would be restored by this evening. However, authorities warned residents that the water could not be used for drinking or cooking due to the high concentration of harmful substances in it.
The cause and exact location of the contamination have yet to be identified.

18.02.10