We're providing clean water to people who would otherwise be forced to walk more than 12 miles just for muddy pond water. Some major pollution incidents have left bitter memories for Chinese, such as chemical pollution of the Songhua River in northeast China in November 2005 after a chemical plant explosion and the blue-green algae outbreak in the Taihu Lake in Wuxi, Jiangsu last May. The Ethiopian Roads Authority later announced, that the road sector loan will be used for gravel road asphalting" and "asphalt road rehabilitating" projects along four main roads in the country.