China News Service, August 16. According to the website of the Ministry of Water Resources, a severe drought has occurred in the Yangtze River basin recently, which has adversely affected the drinking water security of rural people and livestock and the growth of crops.
Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Water Resources issued a notice to deploy the relevant provinces to resolutely win the tough battle of drought resistance and water supply with a sense of responsibility of "always rest assured".
Screenshot of the website of the Ministry of Water Resources
The circular emphasizes that it is necessary to fully implement the "three responsibilities" of the main responsibility of the local people's government for the guarantee of rural water supply, the industry supervision responsibility of the water administrative department, and the operation and management responsibility of the water supply unit. Good drought resistance, drinking water and irrigation work.
Based on the hydrometeorological forecast information, combined with the water supply status of water source projects, rural water supply and irrigation area water supply needs, accurately find out the scope of rural water supply and irrigation areas affected by drought, and accurately count the objects affected by drought.
Adhere to bottom-line thinking and limit thinking, proceed from the most unfavorable situation, implement rural water supply emergency plans from town to village, and formulate targeted measures for drought resistance and water supply.
Large and medium-sized irrigated districts should formulate drought-resistance and water-supply plans one by one, take into account crop types, irrigation needs, water source allocation, and expected water availability, and make water-use scheduling plans for irrigated districts.
The notice requires that we must adhere to problem orientation and demand traction, and take measures such as temporary water transfer, newly opened water sources, extension of pipe networks, time-sharing water supply, and water delivery according to local conditions, to ensure the safety of drinking water for rural people and to ensure the basic drinking water needs of large-scale breeding livestock.
For the disabled elderly, the lonely elderly, women and children and other special groups, the person responsible for the safety of drinking water shall be assigned household by household, and the bottom line of drinking water safety shall be firmly adhered to.
Fully tap the regulation and storage capacity and water supply potential of existing water conservancy engineering facilities, establish irrigation accounts for large and medium-sized irrigation areas in combination with relevant water diversion projects, reasonably predict the changing trend of water demand in irrigation areas, and timely Optimize and adjust the irrigation water supply plan, carefully schedule and accurately irrigate, and ensure the irrigation water demand to the greatest extent.