[Rural Revitalization] The people in Sichuan who lack water say goodbye to the "noisy belly" and welcome the life of "Shuimei New Village",

  [Explanation] Liangshan Prefecture is located in the arid river valley. Although there are rivers of various sizes, they are "people walking on high places and water flowing on low places".

For many years, the people could only watch the river passing by the mountains with eagerness.

Therefore, Liangshan has become the most difficult "hard bone" in the construction of rural drinking water safety in Sichuan and even the whole country.

  [Explanation] Recently, at the resettlement site in Heshaba New Village, Jinhe Township, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, 37-year-old Ma Haiyou Semo turned on the tap in the kitchen to prepare lunch, and clear tap water poured out.

More than two years ago, she had to walk back and forth for more than 40 minutes to fetch water from the well in the village.

At that time, the daily water of 168 villagers in the village relied on the only four wells in the village.

  [Concurrent] Ma Haiyousemo, a resident of the resettlement site of Heshaba New Village, Jinhe Township, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province

  In the past, the water I ate in my hometown was relatively unclean, so I picked up the water from a distance and went home to cook and wash clothes.

The distance of carrying the water is relatively long. You can only carry it once a day, and it takes 40 minutes to carry it back and forth. It can carry up to 50 kilograms.

When the water is back, it must be boiled before eating. If it is not boiled, it will cause stomach ache.

  [Explanation] Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", Liangshan Prefecture's drinking water safety work has achieved catch-up development.

Up to now, 1,492 resettlement sites in Liangshan have been fully accessible, and 3,150 drinking water problems have been eliminated.

By the end of 2020, the rural tap water rate in Liangshan reached 82.8%, which was 0.8% higher than the average of Sichuan province. As scheduled, the 440,000 people with unsafe drinking water in 2015 were completely cleared.

  [Concurrent] Ma Jin, Deputy Director of Water Resources Bureau of Yanyuan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province

  Since 2016, the county has coordinated and integrated funds of more than two billion yuan, solving and consolidating a total population of nearly 350,000 people.

The drinking water safety of the poor people in 15038 households with 69,363 people in the county is all up to the standard.

In our poverty alleviation process, we have considered more of the subsequent consolidation and expansion of the results of poverty alleviation, which is somewhat connected with rural revitalization. We have also done a lot of work related to rural revitalization in the near future.

  [Explanation] Ma Jinyao pointed to the hot spring village in the distance and said that in the future, Yanyuan will build a hot spring village tourist area, allowing the people of Yanyuan to look at the water from the past and sigh with water in the future.

  If drinking water safety is the foundation of people's livelihood, then the guarantee of water sources is the foundation of development.

There are currently 164 registered small-scale reservoirs in Nanchong County, which are distributed among the mountains and dense forests in 40 towns and villages. They are multi-faceted and wide-ranging, providing water conservancy guarantees for the economic and social development of the region.

However, due to the economic and technical conditions during the construction period and the later maintenance conditions, most of the reservoirs built in the 1950s and 1970s gradually showed disease.

  [Concurrent] Jing Jinghui, Deputy Director of the Small Reservoir Service Center of Nanbu County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province

  It is not easy for our team to renovate more than 100 reservoirs in three years, and there are no quality accidents.

Now that the rectification, especially during the flood season, people here can sleep peacefully. Why?

The requirement for flood control is to be able to withstand the once-in-200-year flood, and there will be no collapse of the dam.

  [Explanation] According to statistics, the 100 reservoirs that have been strengthened after risk elimination have added more than 20,000 mu of irrigation area to the agricultural industry in Nanbu County, benefiting about 50,000 downstream people.

Nanbu County also insisted on simultaneously promoting ecological civilization construction in the construction of reservoir reinforcement projects. The construction of a reservoir will enrich the people and provide a beautiful environment. It has become a good place for people to relax, and the economic and social benefits are very significant.

  [Concurrent] He Dong, Deputy Director of Water Affairs Bureau of Nanbu County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province

  We are in the process of remediation. To be honest, this task is very heavy. We carry forward the spirit of our team, and let them treat the construction team or the common people.

So, every time a reservoir is built (built) is to make the common people happy and return the clear water to the lake.

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  [Explanation] In the late-maturing citrus industrial park in Dagushan, Nanbu County, looking around, the citrus trees are neat and upright, with late-maturing citrus hanging on the branches.

The project leader of the park, An Junliang, activated the water and fertilizer integrated system with one button in the background. In less than 30 seconds, the "two high and one excellent" high-efficiency water-saving irrigation system covering several thousand acres was automatically sprayed and all citrus trees were evenly nourished by water and fertilizer.

It is reported that compared with the traditional management model, the operation of the system can save more than 60% of water and save fertilizer and labor costs of more than 500 yuan per mu.

  [Concurrent] An Junliang, person in charge of late-maturing citrus project of Xinjiang Tianye Water-saving Irrigation Co., Ltd.

  Give it an operation through the fertilizer system of our first computer room today. In this way, we have a fertilizer and a precise fertilization of pesticides, which further saves a labor input.

  [Explanation] Nowadays, Sichuan is creating a livable village with a beautiful water environment to achieve an effective connection between the consolidation of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Sichuan has created more than 2,000 "Shuimei New Villages" to provide an industry model for poverty alleviation villages to explore rural water resources, water ecology, water environment, and water disaster management models.

  He Xi, Chen Xuanbin, Sichuan Comprehensive Report

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]