Since the beginning of summer, the Wangying Reservoir Irrigation Area in Hubei has experienced continuous high temperatures and little rain, and the towns and villages in the irrigation area have been generally affected. Wangying Reservoir is the main water source project that en

Source: People's Daily Online - Hubei Channel Original Article

Since the beginning of summer, the Wangying Reservoir Irrigation District in Hubei has experienced continuous high temperatures and little rain, and the towns and villages in the irrigation area have been generally affected by disasters. The jubilant water in the Yangwu Main Canal quenches nearly 30,000 acres of farmland all the way north in Husi Street, Hillside Street and Shu'an Street in Jiangxia District, Wuhan City.

Some fertile farmland dried up in Heping Village, Shanshan Street, Jiangxia District, Wuhan City. Photographed by Huang Jia

Wangying Reservoir is guaranteed Xianning , Yangxin , Wuhan Jiangxia, Daye , Ezhou 4 It is the main water source project for irrigating 96,000 acres of farmland and drinking water for more than 2 million residents. The main canal is 52.08 kilometers long, Jiangxia occupies 8 kilometers (hillside street), and the first main canal occupies 35.6 kilometers within Jiangxia (Husi and Shu'an streets).

"At this stage, the overall focus has shifted to drought relief work. We have combined the practical activities of 'going to the grassroots, monitoring people's sentiments, resolving people's concerns, and warming people's hearts' to focus on the people's urgent needs and worries, and help increase grain production and income in irrigated areas." According to the relevant person in charge of the Wangying Reservoir Management Bureau of Hubei Province, the bureau organized a leadership team to go deep into the fields of the irrigation area to check the crop planting and water storage conditions in weirs and ponds, and organized personnel to conduct comprehensive maintenance of information equipment in a timely manner, and to conduct advance inspections of large gates. During the trial operation, comprehensive pre-irrigation safety inspections were carried out on bridges, dangerous sections and other places.

Walking along the winding road at the top of the canal, I saw inspectors using pennies to salvage scum and branches washed down from the upstream. Their mission is to discover problems on foot inspections, deal with dangers in a timely manner, and nip hidden dangers and dangers in the bud.

"This drought relief is divided into 3 bidding sections. Each bidding section is assigned 5-6 party member technical backbones for inspection. In addition, 3 party member vanguard teams have been established to be responsible for emergency rescue, flow measurement and mobile supply respectively." Wang Ying Irrigation District Project Office Lin Yuan, secretary of the interim party branch, said that construction personnel from various units including construction agents, construction participants, and supervisors have also been fully involved in drought relief work, uniting together to form a joint force.

"The water is here, come and see!" On the afternoon of the 26th, the gurgling clear spring continued to flow into the Hezhan Aqueduct in Jiangxiashanshanshan Township from the upper reaches. The nearby villagers cheered and ran to the canal to watch.

Plumbers conduct inspections on foot. Photographed by Huang Jia

Water flows from the Wangying Reservoir in Yangxin, the diversion site, to Jiangxia via the Yangwu Main Canal, which is 52 kilometers long. It flows through more than 100 culverts and gates on the way, and it takes 36 hours of trekking over mountains and ridges to reach it. At the scene, Xiong Wei, secretary of the Gaobei Village branch of Husi Street, Jiangxia District, said excitedly: "We are really looking forward to the stars and the moon. It is not easy to finally get this canal of water of life and happiness!"

Yangwugan Canal is responsible for According to Wu Weihua, this round of irrigation is expected to take 10 days. Currently, one hole of the Yanglin gate has been opened with a height of 0.5m and the flow rate is controlled at 10m³/s. Subsequent adjustments will be made based on actual conditions. (Zhang Pei Wang Guoji Huang Jia Qin Shuang)