China News Service, March 18th. According to the website of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources has recently arranged and deployed drought prevention work.
According to weather forecasts, there will be less precipitation in Jiangnan, South China, and Southwest China this spring, and drought conditions in parts of the south may rebound again.
In the autumn and winter of last year, rainfall continued to be low in parts of the southern part of the country, and water storage in reservoirs was seriously insufficient, resulting in continuous droughts in autumn and winter.
At the peak of the drought in early February, 7.51 million mu of arable land was affected by drought across the country. 310,000 rural people had difficulty drinking water due to the drought, and the normal water supply in some cities and towns was affected.
Since February, there have been several heavy rainfall processes in the southern region. Affected by this, soil moisture in the arid areas in the south has improved, and the storage of reservoirs and ponds has been replenished to a certain extent. In addition, the drought-resistant emergency water source project built in the arid areas has played a role. It has been alleviated. The drought in Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi and other provinces has basically been lifted. However, due to relatively small rainfall in some areas, the drought has continued.
As of now, statistics show that the country’s arable land has been affected by drought in 1.11 million mu, and 470,000 rural people and 120,000 large livestock have difficulty drinking water due to drought. The normal water supply of individual cities and towns has been affected, mainly in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shanxi and other provinces ( autonomous region).
On March 17, Wei Shanzhong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, presided over a conference to analyze and judge the country’s rain, water, drought, and reservoir water storage conditions, and arrange targeted arrangements for the safety of drinking water for the masses and drought and spring irrigation work.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to fully recognize the major impact of severe drought on people's livelihood, take flood prevention and drought relief as the obligatory responsibility of the water conservancy department, improve ideological awareness, strengthen organization and leadership, and fully implement various drought-resistant measures in place.
—— Make every effort to ensure the safety of drinking water for the people.
Conduct a comprehensive investigation of the drinking water difficulties of the people in the arid areas, timely revise and improve the urban and rural people's daily water supply guarantee plan, adopt various drought-resistant measures according to local conditions, and make every effort to protect the people's basic domestic water; pay close attention to the water demand of the people in poverty-stricken areas, strengthen assistance and guidance, Consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation.
-Efforts to ensure the water demand for spring irrigation.
Strengthen the overall management of existing water sources, organize irrigation areas to further improve water use plans, and scientifically schedule water conservancy projects. While retaining enough water for the people's daily life, it will do everything possible to meet the spring agricultural irrigation water demand and provide water sources for a good grain harvest.
-Efforts to improve drought management capabilities.
Promote the construction of water system connection projects and water network projects in the region, and the implementation of the "National Drought Relief Plan" to improve the ability of drought-prone areas to maintain water supply.
Fully apply new technologies, accelerate the construction of a comprehensive drought monitoring and early warning platform, and gradually realize the integration of "air, space and ground" for drought monitoring, and provide reliable decision support for drought analysis.
Strengthen the preparation of emergency water dispatching plans for important water projects in the river basin, and improve the level of drought-resistant water supply dispatching.
-Strictly prevent the sudden turn of drought and flood.
At present, some areas in the south are about to enter the flood season, and we insist on both flood prevention and drought relief. While doing drought relief work, we should make solid preparations for flood prevention, strengthen rain and water regime monitoring and early warning, refine reservoir scheduling plans, and keep the bottom line of flood prevention and safety.
After the meeting, the Ministry of Water Resources issued a notice to the water conservancy departments of the drought-affected provinces and relevant river basin management agencies, setting out clear requirements for further drought prevention work, and sent two working groups to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces to assist and guide local drought relief work.