Qixian: Small reservoir play an important role in drought resistance

The reporter learned from the Hunan Provincial Department of Water Resources today that thanks to the reinforcement and improvement of water storage in advance. During this year's drought, more than 10,000 small reservoirs in the province have undergone the drought "roasting" and played an important role in drought resistance.

"Irrigation water and tap water have not been broken for a day." On August 29th, Zhang Keqi, a villager in Baiyan Village, Yanjing Town, Yanjing County, Changde City, said happily. Caijiapo Reservoir is a small -type 1 reservoir used to comprehensively use water supply and water supply. Last year, the water conservancy department implemented filling and sinking anti -seepage of the dam body, and carried out risk reinforcement measures such as hardening channels to comprehensively improve the water storage capacity of the reservoir.

At the end of June this year, the Caijiapo Reservoir stopped the tail water in advance. During the drought period, starting from August 14, Caijiapo Reservoir opened the south and north of the south and north to open the water to fight drought. At present, the reservoir water storage is still about 1.6 million cubic meters, which can be used for more than 10 days.

In recent years, with the support of the state, Hunan has carried out multi -round reservoir removal reinforcement, and has added and resumed 5.3 billion cubic meters of Xingli Rong and 2.84 million mu of irrigation area. Many small reservoirs after risk reinforcement have changed from "suffering from the heart" to drought resistance. On July 8th, at the end of this year's rainy season, various types of water conservancy projects including small reservoirs, including small reservoirs, reached 38.66 billion cubic meters, which was 8.1%more than the same period of time.

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