To guarantee the water along the lower reaches of Songhua River safe to drink, Yilan county in Harbin set up a Songhua River water quality monitoring and sample collecting station in Fangzhen county, 20 km further in Dalianhe town. Harbin municipal environment protection bureau has dispatched an emergency monitoring vehicle to Dalianhe town to monitor the Songhua River water quality there.

Helongjiang provincial environment protection bureau has so far established five consecutive water quality monitoring stations in the cities of Mulan, Dalianhe, Jiamusi, Fujin and Tongjiang in the lower reaches of Songhua River.

Photo taken on Nov. 30 shows workers with Environment Protection Bureau in Lilan county collect water samples from Songhua River.

Photo taken on Nov. 30 shows workers with Environment Protection Bureau in Lilan county collect water samples from Songhua River.