The reporter learned from the Emergency Management Department of Shaanxi Province that due to the continuous drought, local droughts occurred in northern Shaanxi, Weibei and Guanzhong, mainly in Yan'an and Yulin, and Dingbian, Jingbian, Zizhou, Hengshan, Qingjian, Yulin City. Mizhi, Suide, Yan'an City Zichang, Zhidan, Weinan City Chengcheng, Pucheng and other counties reached severe drought levels.
As of August 13, Shaanxi Province had a total drought-affected area of 9.95 million mu, and 32,000 people in Yan'an City had temporary drinking water difficulties.
In addition, the reporter learned from the Yulin Urban and Rural Water Supply Safety Center that as of August 17, due to the continued drought, the drinking water safety of 5 counties, 26 towns, 151 village groups, 17,941 households, and 49,398 people in Yulin City has been affected. Influence.
In response to the current drought and rural water supply situation, many districts and counties of Yan'an and Yulin in Shaanxi have launched emergency plans for rural water supply, focusing on delivering water to households for special groups such as extremely poor support households, households out of poverty, marginal monitoring households, and widowed elderly households to ensure rural areas Household water consumption reaches the standard of more than 20 liters per person per day.
The reporter learned from the Water Conservancy Bureau of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province that according to the observation data of the hydrological department, the Huangfu River, Qingshuichuan and Jialu Rivers, the first-level tributaries of the Yellow River, are cut off, the Dali River, the second-level tributaries, and the Wuding River and Tuwei River are cut off. Due to the reservoirs built in the middle and upper reaches of other important rivers, they play a role in regulation and storage, and provide basic guarantee for normal water use for production, life and ecology in the downstream.
Affected by the uneven distribution of rainfall, the drought situation in 5 cities and 29 counties (districts) in northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong has continued to develop.
This has affected agricultural production. Some crops are facing no harvest, and the safety of drinking water for people and animals in rural areas is affected.
At present, areas where Shaanxi has initiated emergency response to rural water supply will continue to implement water delivery into villages and households to ensure the safety of rural drinking water.
(Headquarters reporter Wu Chengxuan Gan Zhiqing Guo Sheng)