At least three tributaries of the Han river - a branch of the Yangtze - have been affected.
State media reported high levels of chemicals in the water.
China is increasingly concerned about its environment. A recent ban on plastic bags has led to the country's largest bag factory shutting down.
The Xinglong, Tianguan and Dongjing rivers were all affected by the pollution, according to the state news agency Xinhua.
A chemical spill is thought be the cause, but the source has not yet been identified and an investigation has been launched.
Gao Qijin, a water company official in Xinguo, Jianli County, told Xinhua that the water in the Dongjing river had become red with large amounts of bubbles.
Mr Gao said the company had detected the pollution on Sunday and immediately stopped drawing water from the river.
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This is significant to China because it gives a graphic example of China's polution is effecting the enviroment, and if this polution spreads to the Yangtze around 500 Millons peoples water supply will be tainted and unuseable to those people, this is a big deal in china and i plan on fallowing up if something big happens
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