---- Ein chinesischer Arbeiter reinigt die Tafel an einer Tankstelle von PetroChina, eine Tochtergesellschaft der CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), in Fuzhou c
--FILE--A Chinese worker cleans the signboard at a gas station of PetroChina, a subsidiary of CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), in Fuzhou city, southeast China's Fujian province, 1 November 2014. A report on the contamination of drinking water in a Chinese industrial city last year faults a subsidiary of PetroChina Co. for causing the pollution and recommends the oil giant pay more than 100 million yuan ($16 million) in reparations. The environmental impact report, posted online in recent days by the Environmental Protection Bureau in the city of Lanzhou, says a PetroChina subsidiary, Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., contaminated local groundwater with dangerous levels of benzene during the process of wastewater disposal. The contaminated groundwater later seeped through an old water duct, mixing with the city's drinking-water supply, according to the report. The report also blames the local water-supply company, partly owned by France's Veolia Environnement SA, for using outdated equipment, which authorities said contributed to the contaminated drinking water. A representative for Veolia said the joint venture had invested new money to ensure "adequate ducts" were in use, but declined to give to details on what it spent.