Yichang, Hubei: 233 reservoirs increase water release and drought

Three Gorges Daily News (Reporter Wanlongyun, Correspondent Ding Wei) According to the news of Yichang City Water Conservancy and Lakes, from 8:00 on August 18th to 8:00 on the 19th, there was no rainfall in the city. 10,000 tons, 1,337 tons of emergency water delivery in rural drinking water on the same day, dispatching 233 reservoirs to release water, and providing irrigation water supply 4.48 million cubic meters.

The Municipal Water Conservancy and Lakes instructed to dredging and dredging the channels of the irrigation district to open up the "last mile" of irrigation water. The city's 108 reservoirs (power stations) can be parked in an orderly manner, and do a good job of drought -resistant water storage and water preservation. From 9 o'clock on the 17th, the Huangbai River Basin Authority has increased the flow of water diversion from 7.5 cubic meters per second to 15 cubic meters per second to ensure water supply in urban areas and the need for irrigation in Yidong area. The Municipal Water Conservancy and Lakes held a conference to re -deploy and re -arrange for urban and rural water supply and farmland irrigation work, continuously refine and improve various plans, and improve the level of drought resistance. Send a working group to check and guide Dangyang, Yuan'an, Gui, and Changyang.

Yishu City's happiness canal increases the opening of water to relieve the drought in Niejiahe, Yaojiadian, Zhicheng and other places. Bailizhou Town, Zhijiang City opened the three or five gates from the Songzi River to take water irrigation, and the Jiangkou Electric Power Station started 9 sets of 210 kWh pumps. Dangyang City has raised water from the horse running reservoir, the Guandao River Reservoir, the Yangshu River Reservoir, and the grass dams to the home to ensure irrigation water from Yuyang, Yuquan, Lianghe, Banyue, Baling, Caobu Lake. Yuan'an County organized urgently arranging the water storage of weir ponds and reservoirs with irrigation tasks, and suspended some water conservancy power stations to generate electricity to prioritize farmland irrigation. The Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County guides Shahe Village, Songming Ping Village, and Qiaoshu Village to find emergency water sources, accelerate the extension of Niuzhuang, Fujiayan Water Plant, and pipeline network extension construction progress, and complete the measurement work on the site of Guancun Village and Qiaoping Village water source engineering. Xi Ling District has done a good job of scheduling management to ensure that the supply of water is normal.

At present, through the method of quoting, tuning, and water lifting of Hukuhan Gate, it is put into 1,674 drought -resistant pump stations and 5336 electromechanical wells. A total of 91.65 million cubic meters of irrigation water is provided.

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