Reward offered for tips on underground water pollution

 　　JINAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A municipal government in east China's Shandong Province has offered a huge reward for clues or evidence of local enterprises pumping emissions¹ underground.

　　The government of Weifang City has offered a 100,000 yuan (15,873 U.S. dollars) reward to the first whistleblower who can help prove the widely circulated rumors².

　　On the Twitter-like Sina Weibo microblogging service, users have posted that some enterprises in Weifang like chemical plants and paper mills have been pumping polluted water some 1,000 meters below ground.

　　The posts, forwarded by Deng Fei, a reporter with Phoenix³ Weekly, quickly went viral, sparking concerns that China's underground water might have been polluted by unscrupulous enterprises.

　　The government of Weifang said it has sent more than 600 law enforcement officers to conduct investigations⁵ among 715 local enterprises, but they have found no evidence to support Internet users' allegations.

　　The Environmental Protection Department of Shandong on Sunday also said it found no such evidence after days of secret investigations.

　　The department said it would soon kick off a campaign in the province to crack down on illegal underground emissions.

　　Further investigation⁴ into the case is underway, the department added.

1 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。