Faced with a once-in-60-year drought and severe "leap-forward" growth pressure on rural water supply, the Guang'an District Water Affairs Department promptly organized and coordinated the opening of the Qiyi Reservoir to release water, effectively alleviating the drought in more

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htmlSince August, the continuous high temperature, drought and lack of rain in Guang'an District, Guang'an City, Sichuan has led to prominent drought conditions in Jinghe, Huaqiao, hengsheng and other areas.

Faced with a once-in-60-year drought and severe "leap-forward" growth pressure on rural water supply, the Guang'an District Water Affairs Department promptly organized and coordinated the opening of the Qiyi Reservoir to release water, effectively alleviating the drought in more than 10,000 acres of farmland in the region and providing timely supplies for crops. "quench your thirst".

Check the status of the reservoir

The reservoir opens and releases water to "quench the thirst" of crops

"Water is coming from the reservoir! Our soybeans are saved!" On August 19, irrigation water from the Qiyi Reservoir in Guang'an District slowly flowed into Hengsheng, Guang'an District The channels in Zhenhongmiao Village then flow into the fields to quench the thirst of crops. Shao Haiyang, secretary of the Hongmiao Village branch, who is instructing villagers to pump water from canals to fight drought and irrigate soybean seedlings, told reporters that due to the continued drought, more than 1,000 acres of soybeans in their village are in danger of losing their harvest. Now with water from the reservoir as a guarantee, a bumper soybean harvest is in sight. .

As happy as Shao Haiyang is Xiong Xingxing, village affairs assistant of Baiguo Village, Jinghe Town. "In August this year, the paddy fields in our village cracked and the crops showed signs of drying up. On August 10, the water from the reservoir reached Baiguo Village. The drought of the crops was alleviated, and this year's harvest is expected." Xiong Xingxing introduced, affected by the continuing Affected by dry weather, local paddy fields have dried up to varying degrees. Currently, a small number of rice plants are still in the critical stage of growing seeds and are in urgent need of water for irrigation. When the farmers were worried, the Qiyi Reservoir opened the gate to release water. They watched the clear water slowly flow into the farmland from the mouth of the channel, and the dry and cracked rice fields were gradually soaked. The farmers couldn't say how happy they were.

"The water release started on August 8, with a flow rate of about 1.4 cubic meters per second. Within 24 hours, it covered the entire town of Jinghe, as well as some villages and groups in Huaqiao and Hengsheng. The total water release was about 1.2 million cubic meters. It provides production and domestic water for more than 10,000 people, and the irrigation area is about 20,000 acres," said Zhang Xiaohua, director of the Qiyi Reservoir Management Office. "In order to ensure that the water in the reservoir is used wisely, we also inspect the water flow direction together with the village cadres."

In the face of continued drought and lack of rain, the Guang'an District Water Affairs Department made early deployment and implementation, and carried out various drought-resistant facilities and equipment in advance. Maintenance and maintenance, carry out channel renovation, desilting, dredging and obstacle removal, and enhance emergency drought resistance capabilities.

Dispatch room to check the water supply situation

At present, various small and medium-sized reservoirs in the region have opened their gates and released about 4.8 million cubic meters of water according to the drought relief plan, with an irrigated area of ​​more than 55,000 acres. "Based on the drought situation, the water affairs department will increase water supply guarantees. Scientific dispatch and precise drought relief will minimize the losses caused by drought and ensure the safety of food production." said Yang Jiangxia, director of the Guang'an District Water Affairs Bureau.

Multi-pronged water production to "quench the thirst" of rural people

html At about 10 am on August 19, at the Zhengshan Water Plant in Guang'an District, although there was a power outage, the plant was still pumping water in an orderly manner. "We have had a power outage since 9 am. In order to ensure normal water supply, we immediately started our own power generation system to ensure continuous water production and supply." Zhou Dehong of Zhengshan Water Plant, who is checking the water supply situation with technicians in the dispatch room, said , the generator uses diesel to generate electricity, and the cost is relatively high. Since August 8, the power outage has cost more than 2,000 yuan in water production costs every day.

It is understood that Zhengshan Water Plant is a 10,000-ton water plant. In recent years, by improving the existing aging pipe network, combined with the construction of new water plants and water transmission pipe networks, it has made Zhengshan Township , Jinghe Town , Yue The drinking water safety problem of 130,000 people in 36 towns and 116 surrounding villages in Laizhen , Xingping Town , Yangping Township , Pengjia html has been completely solved.

Zhou Dehong said that the plant is designed to supply 10,000 tons of water per day. Now the maximum daily water supply has actually reached 7,000 cubic meters. The water supply has increased by 40% than usual. It can also meet the drinking water supply for 130,000 people in the supply area. In order to ensure the safety of water supply, water plant staff have increased the frequency of inspections of water sources and water supply pipe networks from once a day to twice a day; since August, the water supply pipe network has been repaired more than 30 times.

On that day, in Tanlong Village, Hengsheng Town, the emergency repair personnel of the pipe network department of Hengsheng Water Plant were fighting against the high temperature and scorching heat, and were busy repairing the pipe network.Pang Rong, deputy director of Hengsheng Water Plant, said that he went out to inspect the pipe network in the entire area at 6 o'clock in the morning, and found a leak in the pipe network in Tanlong Village. They immediately organized employees to carry out emergency repairs, and the pipe network has now been repaired.

Pang Rong introduced that Hengsheng Water Plant was built in March 2015, with a designed daily water supply capacity of 10,000 tons. The water supply pipe network covers four towns including Hengsheng, Stalagmite, Baishi, and Baima, providing safe drinking water for about 75,000 people in rural areas. Since the beginning of summer, the daily water supply of Hengsheng Water Plant has reached 8,000 tons, an increase of about 30% compared with the same period in previous years. Continuous high temperatures have caused water supply pipes in some old pipe networks to leak and rupture. Since the beginning of summer, the pipe network repair team of Hengsheng Water Plant has completed more than 30 pipe network repairs. "Recently, our water plant has experienced frequent power outages, and using generators to generate electricity to pump water and produce water has become a daily routine."

According to Hu Hui, chairman of Guang'an District Honghao Water Company, since August, due to the continuous high temperature, drought and power grid restrictions, Affected by the power outage, the daily water production of the three major 10,000-ton water plants of Huaqiao, Hengsheng, and Zhengshan was severely limited and reduced, while the water demand of users It has indeed doubled. The company urgently purchased a 300KW generator for Huaqiao Water Plant and Hengsheng Water Plant to ensure timely power generation and water production after a power outage, which can increase the water supply by 1,000 cubic meters per day; working overtime for Huaqiao Water Plant Temporarily install a new water pump, a temporary transformer, and a 300-meter water pipeline network, which can increase the water supply by 1,000 cubic meters per day.

At present, the total daily water supply of the three major water plants of Huaqiao, Hengsheng and Zhengshan reaches 18,000 tons, an increase of 50% than usual. Due to full capacity production, it can basically meet the water demand of rural areas. "In order to ensure supply, all employees of the company will not take annual leave, and 10 emergency repair teams will be established to go to the front line of water supply to guide water supply work. Water supply station water production personnel and pipe network maintenance personnel will be on duty 24 hours a day."

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