China News Service, March 12. According to the "China Water Conservancy" WeChat public account on the 12th, the Ministry of Water Resources issued the key points of flood and drought disaster prevention work in 2024.
It mentioned that people should be put first and life first, and bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking should be firmly established to anchor the goal of ensuring that no one is injured or killed, that reservoirs do not collapse, that important embankments do not breach, and that important infrastructure is not impacted, so as to ensure the safety of urban and rural water supply. Under the most unfavorable circumstances, we will strive for the best results and firmly guard the bottom line of flood and drought disaster prevention.
Effectively strengthen prevention preparations
Make work arrangements in advance.
The Ministry of Water Resources convened a work meeting on flood and drought disaster prevention to make comprehensive arrangements for the annual flood and drought disaster prevention work, tightening and consolidating flood and drought disaster prevention responsibilities; focusing on key aspects such as reservoir safety during floods, flash flood disaster prevention, and construction and management of flood storage and detention areas, respectively Make special arrangements.
Coordinate and convene the general prevention work meeting of each river basin to make arrangements for flood prevention and drought relief work in the river basins under its jurisdiction.
Guide and urge all localities to shoulder their main responsibilities for flood and drought disaster prevention, study and judge flood and drought situations in advance, and make targeted arrangements.
Systematically carry out inspections on flood and drought disaster preparedness.
The Ministry of Water Resources, led by the Ministry’s leaders and the Chief Division, conducted in-depth inspections of flood and drought disaster prevention preparedness in key areas, key links, and key projects.
In accordance with the principle of hierarchical responsibility, all river basins and localities are responsible for the implementation of the responsibility system, water regime monitoring, forecasting and early warning, plan revision and drills, "four precautions" work, the dispatch and operation of large and medium-sized reservoirs and the safe flood control of small reservoirs, and the construction, management and operation of flood storage and detention areas. , flash flood disaster prevention, drought relief and water supply protection, etc. to conduct comprehensive inspections.
In response to the problems discovered, rectifications were made item by item to eliminate potential flood hazards.
Revise the flood prevention plan.
The Ministry of Water Resources organized the preparation of the joint dispatching plan for the Huaihe River large-scale reservoir group, the annual joint dispatching and operation plan for water projects in the Yangtze River Basin, the safe flood control plan for the starting area of Xiongan New Area, the joint dispatching and operation plan for the Pearl River Basin reservoir group, etc., to strengthen pertinence and operability.
Based on the river basin engineering system, economic and social development changes, etc., each river basin management agency completed the revision of the super-standard flood prevention plan for large rivers and lakes before the flood, and further refined flood prevention preparations, water regime monitoring and forecasting, water conservancy project scheduling, and the use of flood storage and detention areas (including Embankment abandonment), embankment defense and protection, personnel transfer and resettlement and other work measures.
Guide and urge all localities to promptly revise and improve various plans and plans, and resolutely fight a well-prepared battle.
Improve the emergency water dispatch plan system.
All river basin management agencies and provincial water administrative departments have compiled and revised the regulations based on the preset scenarios such as drought and salt tide occurrence patterns in the river basin area, major water pollution, and water project operation failures, etc. Emergency water dispatch plans for rivers, lakes and important water projects.
Organize and carry out training exercises and popular science education.
Conduct training for administrative heads of flood and drought disaster prevention for city and county-level government officials, and conduct business training for water conservancy systems such as water project dispatching, flood storage and detention area construction and management, and drought relief.
Using digital twin water conservancy construction results, focusing on improving the "four prevention" flood control and joint dispatching capabilities of water projects, we will carry out practical flood control dispatching drills under simulated complex environments and extreme conditions.
In conjunction with World Water Day, China Water Week, and National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day, we organize and carry out various forms of disaster prevention and reduction science popularization and legal publicity and education activities to improve the public's ability to prevent and avoid disasters, as well as self-rescue and mutual rescue.
Organize and carry out basic data update review.
All river basin management agencies have organized and completed the verification of flood limit water levels for large and important medium-sized reservoirs across the country.
Relevant provincial water administration departments conduct in-depth investigations into river-related risks such as water blockage on ditch roads and bridge culverts, and debris siltation in ditches, and include them in the management of the list of flash flood hazard areas; organize preparations for the use of flood storage and detention areas, revise and improve the use plan, Update the basic data of application compensation.
Efforts should be made to complete the repair of water damage to flood control facilities.
All river basin management agencies and provincial water administrative departments strictly implement the "weekly dispatch and monthly reporting" working mechanism, strengthen supervision and inspection, and advance project implementation without interruption.
For projects that really need to be constructed across the flood season, safety flood relief measures will be implemented item by item to ensure personnel safety and project safety.
Relevant local water administrative departments in the Haihe and Songhua River basins have further increased coordination efforts, allocated sufficient resources, and reversed the construction schedule to ensure that the restoration is completed on time and with high quality.
Make every effort to prevent and respond to floods and droughts
Strengthen rolling consultations and dispatching and command.
Closely monitor rain conditions, water conditions (flood conditions, cold conditions, drought conditions, salty conditions), dangers, and disasters, and carry out continuous consultation, analysis, and judgment. Maintain 24-hour duty during the flood season, strengthen the "four precautions" measures of forecast, early warning, rehearsal, and plan, and strengthen Tight rainfall - runoff generation - confluence - evolution, basin - main stream - tributary - section, total volume - flood peak - process - dispatch, technology - materials - team - organization "four chains", start emergency response in a timely manner according to regulations and implement various measures The joint measures are to respond to and prevent the randomness, suddenness and catastrophic nature of flood and drought disaster risks with the certainty, systematicness and forward-looking nature of the flood and drought disaster prevention work system.
Scientific and precise planning of water projects.
Adhere to the principles of systematic, scientific, orderly and safe, take the river basin as a unit, take overall consideration of the main and tributary rivers, upstream and downstream, and left and right banks, scientifically and accurately schedule the river basin flood control engineering system, and strengthen river channels, embankments, reservoirs, gate pumps, flood storage and detention areas and other river basins Water projects are unified and jointly dispatched, and measures of "blocking, dividing, storing, retaining, and draining" are systematically used to maximize the benefits of flood prevention and disaster reduction.
Adhere to the prevention and treatment of drought and floods at the same time, reserve and scientifically dispatch drought-resistant water resources in advance according to the needs of drought and salt tide, implement emergency water dispatch for drought relief in large rivers, large lakes and backbone water projects, and fully exert the benefits of drought relief and disaster reduction.
Ensure the safety of reservoir embankments during floods.
For flood control projects, no matter how high the level of flood occurs, the safety of people's lives must be guaranteed, and resolutely prevent reservoir dam collapse and important embankments from bursting, resulting in mass deaths and injuries.
Focusing on safely surviving floods in dangerous reservoirs and small reservoirs, we must strictly implement the "three responsible persons" and "three key links" for flood control.
Strengthen online supervision of the implementation of flood limit water levels, and strictly prohibit illegal operations exceeding the flood limit water levels. In principle, dangerous reservoirs will operate empty during the main flood season.
Strengthen the inspection and defense of the reservoir, take measures such as rushing to build sub-dykes, spreading colorful strips, and digging emergency spillways to deal with dangers in a timely and effective manner, and organize the transfer of personnel in advance.
Strengthen dike inspection and defense.
Do a good job in analyzing the evolution of river flood processes and monitoring and forecasting water levels and flows. Based on the analysis and forecast results, pre-position patrol personnel, technical experts, and rescue forces for important protection object embankments, major dangerous embankment sections, dangerous work sections and over-warning dike sections. Be sure to grab the early, the smallest, and the best.
Timely activation of flood storage and detention areas.
Based on flood forecasts and real-time water conditions, timely dispatch decisions are made in accordance with authority and procedures.
Once a decision is made to activate a flood storage and detention area, local governments are urged to strictly implement the adjustment order.
Effectively strengthen organization and coordination to transfer people in the area efficiently in advance.
After the flood storage and detention area is used, timely organize and carry out the collection of compensation data for the use of the flood storage and detention area, and cooperate with the local government to carry out use compensation in accordance with national policies.
Do a good job in preventing icing in rivers in the north.
Closely monitor the development and changes of rivers in the Yellow River, Heilongjiang, Songhua River and other northern rivers, dynamically grasp the weather, water conditions, ice conditions, river conditions, and industrial conditions, accurately forecast the timing of river closures, peak flows, etc., and finely schedule water projects to do a good job River inspections, personnel transfer and avoidance, emergency use of storm zones and pontoon dismantling are carried out to respond to emergencies in a timely manner to ensure safety in preventing storms.
Make every effort to prevent flash floods.
Strengthen flash flood disaster risk early warning and nowcasting and early warning, make full use of the flash flood disaster monitoring and early warning system, and provide early warning to the grassroots level as soon as possible.
Accelerate the application of dynamic early warning threshold analysis, revise and improve the three-level flash flood disaster prevention plan in counties and villages, strengthen transfer and avoidance drills in extreme scenarios such as flash floods superimposed with mudslides, bridges and culverts blocked by overflow and diversion, etc., implement the grassroots disaster early warning "call response" mechanism, and make every effort to Prevent and mitigate the risk of flash floods.
Do a good job in drought relief and ensuring supply and irrigation.
Closely monitor rain, water, moisture, and agricultural conditions, strengthen medium- and long-term drought forecasts, carry out rolling water supply situation analysis, formulate water supply guarantee plans, precise scope, precise objects, precise time periods, and precise measures, and coordinate water needs for life, production, and ecology , implement drought-resistant measures such as water project dispatching, construction of emergency water source projects, drilling of additional wells, diversion and lifting of water, hauling and delivering water, and water conservation to ensure the safety of urban and rural water supply and the seasonal irrigation water needs of crops in irrigated areas.
Strengthen information reporting and news publicity.
Timely reporting of flood and drought situations, work dynamics, emergencies, disasters and handling work, and effectively enhance the timeliness and accuracy of information reporting.
Timely release flood and drought situation, forecast and warning information, risk prevention tips and defense work updates, hold press conferences at appropriate times, proactively respond to social concerns, and create a good atmosphere of public opinion.
Provide strong guidance and support.
Allocate central water conservancy disaster relief funds in a timely manner to fully support the disaster-stricken areas in repairing water-damaged and earthquake-damaged flood control engineering facilities and drought relief and disaster relief.
Strengthen the dynamic management of the expert database and improve the expert dispatching mechanism for professional matching, nearby dispatch, and direct access to the front line.
An expert team was quickly set up according to the situation and rushed to the scene as soon as possible to provide emergency rescue and drought relief technical support.
Carry out timely review and inspection and check for deficiencies.
Based on the principle that defense is king, we conduct timely reviews and summaries, objectively restore the defense process, timely summarize and solidify experience from actual combat, find shortcomings and weaknesses, and regularly track and improve the implementation of shortcomings and weaknesses discovered in the review to improve the level of defense work.
Continue to lay a solid foundation for flood and drought disaster prevention
Strengthen political guidance and work style construction.
Guide and encourage flood and drought disaster prevention workers to write their loyalty with actions, strengthen their ideals and beliefs, develop excellent skills, have the courage to take on their responsibilities, perform their duties in accordance with the law, and stand on the front line, charge on the front line, and fight on the front line under the new challenges of the new era. Make contributions on the front line, continuously improve cohesion and combat effectiveness, and let the party flag fly high in flood and drought disaster defense positions.
Strengthen the "four prevention" capabilities for flood control and drought relief.
Accelerate the construction of "three lines of defense" for rain monitoring and forecasting consisting of meteorological satellites, rain measuring radars, rainfall stations, and hydrological stations to further extend the flood forecast period and improve the accuracy of flood forecasts.
Early warnings for local heavy rains and river floods have been strengthened, and early warning information has been sent directly to the front line.
Dynamically simulate and preview the flood evolution and engineering scheduling process, and iteratively update the defense plan.
Encourage places with conditions to carry out the construction of digital twin flood storage and detention areas to achieve digital mapping, intelligent simulation, and forward-looking previews.
Strengthen drought warning water level (flow) management in rivers, lakes and reservoirs, promote its application in drought early warning and emergency response decision-making, continue to improve the basic data and drought monitoring and evaluation functions of the National Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Comprehensive Platform, and improve the "four precautions" level of drought resistance.
Solidly promote the prevention and control of flash flood disasters.
Carry out the construction of non-engineering measures to prevent and control flash flood disasters, such as improving the monitoring capabilities of flash flood disasters, building the "four prevention" capabilities of flash flood disasters in small watersheds, and building a mass monitoring and prevention system, and establish and improve a multi-stage progression of "forecast and early warning, monitoring and early warning, and on-site early warning" A flash flood disaster early warning system.
Promote the construction of mountain torrent gully flood control and management projects with high quality through the issuance of additional treasury bonds, and improve the erosion prevention capabilities of villages and towns along the river.
Start planning and formulating the implementation plan for flash flood disaster prevention and control projects from 2026 to 2035, and continue to improve the comprehensive flash flood disaster prevention system that combines non-engineering measures with engineering measures.
High-standard pilot projects promote the construction of a flash flood disaster prevention system in Mentougou District.
Vigorously promote the construction and supervision of flood storage and detention area projects.
Accelerate the advancement of projects under construction in Dujiatai, Huayang River, Kangshan, around Hongze Lake, Daluze, and Ningjinbo.
Strive to start the construction of flood control areas in the main stream of the Huaihe River below Fushan, the flood control area in the section from Xiashankou to Wohekou, and the flood storage and detention areas in the Xianxian flood area and Dongdian area of the Haihe River.
Accelerate the preliminary work of other qualified flood storage and detention area construction projects.
Organize and carry out supervision and inspection of the construction management of national flood storage and detention area projects.
Study and carry out boundary delineation of national flood storage and detention areas.
Strengthen the reporting of disaster statistics and the management of water conservancy and disaster relief funds.
We will implement the responsibilities of five types of responsible persons to prevent statistical fraud step by step, strictly implement the "Statistical Survey System for Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention (Trial)", and report flood and drought disasters in a timely and accurate manner.
Provincial water administrative departments should prepare disaster relief fund project reserves in advance to ensure that disaster relief funds are aligned with the disaster situation and projects; strengthen disaster relief fund project ledger management, accelerate the progress of disaster relief fund payment, and maximize the effectiveness of the use of disaster relief funds.
Strengthen legal management of institutional mechanisms.
Organize and carry out legislative research, special research, article drafting, and solicitation of opinions on the revision of the Flood Control Law, and actively coordinate and promote the legislative process for the revision of the Flood Control Law.
We have issued guiding documents to accelerate the construction of a flood and drought disaster prevention system and strive to improve flood and drought disaster prevention capabilities.
Promote the revision of the interim measures for compensation for use in flood storage and detention areas, optimize compensation objects, standards and procedures, issue guidance documents to strengthen the management of flood impact assessment of non-flood control construction projects in flood storage and detention areas, adjust the approval authority for flood impact assessment reports of non-flood control construction projects, improve and Standardize the construction and management of flood storage and detention areas; study and establish a temporary inundation compensation mechanism for important reservoir flood control applications to provide guarantee for giving full play to the flood control benefits of reservoirs.
Improve technical standards.
Promote the formulation and revision of the "Technical Guidelines for the Preparation of Flash Flood Disaster Prevention Plans", "Project Specifications for Flood Control and Waterlogging Control", and "Technical Guidelines for Embankment Rescue", review and evaluate existing standards, and improve the technical standard system for flood and drought disaster prevention.