Poyang Lake drought resistance

Since late June this year, Jiangxi has continued to have high temperatures and rain, and the water level in Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, has continued to decline.

Xingzi Station, located in Lushan City, Jiangxi, is the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake. Liu Yan and colleagues in charge of the hydrological station pay attention to changes in the water level every day.

On August 19, Xingzi Station of Poyang Lake fell below the 10 -meter low water level; at 10 o'clock on August 20, the water level of Xingzi Station fell to 9.76 meters, less than half of the highest water level of 22.63 meters in less than 22.63 meters.

The star pier not far from Xingzi Hydrological Station is a landmark in Poyang Lake. Nowadays, the water is coming out, and the large grassland has replaced the lake in the past.

In another landmark of Poyang Lake, the "Water Highway" of Wucheng Town, Yongxiu County, now the lakes are retreating, the grass is lush on both sides of the highway, and the "water highway" transforms into the "grassland road".

Jiangxi is one of the 13 main provinces of food in the country, while the Poyang Lake area is the main food area of ​​Jiangxi. Affected by the continuous high temperature and less precipitation, the water level of Poyang Lake continued to decline, and drought in the lake area.

Right now it is the grouting period of mid -rice. Whether the rice fields can "drink" water determine the rice output this year. In recent days, Yang Qingshui, a 72 -year -old grain household, rushed around with the hot sun, looking for irrigation water for more than 10 acres of rice fields.

Also worry about water, there are Cao Liming, a large grain farmer on the other side of the lake. He planted 190 acres of fields this year, and the regenerative rice that was cut in the field is now taking out new leaves, and it also needs to replenish water in time.

Cao Liming's farmland was less than 1 kilometer away from Poyang Lake, but at this time, the water surface of Poyang Lake "retreated" for about 300 meters. The vast scene of the smoke waves in the past is no longer, and the Caozhou and a river are exposed.

The local government organized personnel for 5 days to dig a canal, and the eight pumping machines continued to run day and night to ensure irrigation water from farmland by the lake.

The lake was pumped into the canal, entered the irrigation canal after irrigation, and then drawn from the irrigation canal to the farmland. After many twists and turns, the rice planted by Cao Liming's family can "drink water".

Counting the cost of excavating ditch, the cost of buying pumps, pipelines, and electricity costs incurred by the operation of pumping pumps, etc., the cost of planting grain farmers has increased a lot compared to previous years. Even if the grain harvest is not affected, the income of planting grain this year will decrease.

The reporter learned from the Office of the Flood Control and Drought Resistance Headquarters in Jiangxi Province that as of August 19, this round of drought has caused 2.204 million people in the province to afford to affected the province. The affected area of ​​crops was 247.4,000 hectares, and 19.5 thousand hectares were harvested, and the direct economic loss reached 1.73 billion yuan.

In the face of drought, cadres and masses in various places do everything possible to fight for harvest, excavate water, set up water pumps, plane wells, and rainfall. In the Poyang Lake area, the busy scenes of drought resistance can be seen everywhere.

The triangle town next to Xiuhe is a grain -producing hometown in Yongxiu County, Jiangxi Province. Due to the decline in the water level of the river, the water from a large irrigation station in the township was 30 to 40 meters away from the water surface, and there was no way to get the water. The local cadres organized two excavators and dug a new section of the water.

As an important international wetland, Poyang Lake is also a home of many migratory birds and aquatic creatures. In order to prevent the porpoch, which is known as the "giant panda in the water", was stranded due to the decrease in the water level of the Poyang Lake, and the lake fishery administration department and the porpoise patrol team strengthened the patrol efforts of the lake area.

It is understood that the fishery administration department has not yet received a report from the stranded death of porpoons. The impact of Poyang Lake's early entering the dry period on migratory birds and other aquatic creatures needs to be further evaluated.

According to the forecast, in the coming week, the high temperature weather will continue, and the work of drought resistance and bumper harvest in the Poyang Lake area will still be carried out ...

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