Drinking water crisis in Wuxi

Customers queue to buy bottled water at a supermarket in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2007. Local residents in Wuxi rushed to buy bottled water when the tap water developed a strange smell. The blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu Lake affected the underground water in Wuxi and caused the water crisis, Xinhua said. (newsphoto)

Customers queue to buy bottled water at a supermarket in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2007. (newsphoto)

Customers walk past empty shelves in search of bottled water at a supermarket in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2007.