The picture shows the staff of Jiajia Water Plant in Jianzha County inspecting the equipment. Photo by Zhang Tianfu
Qinghai Plateau Tibetan Township: From turbid water to purified water, witness the power of development
China News Network Qinghai Jianzha January 18 Title: Qinghai Plateau Tibetan Township: From Turbid Water to Purified Water, Witness the Power of Development
China News Network reporter Zhang Tianfu
From 170NTU to 1.35NTU, this set of tap water turbidity jump "upgrades" occurred in the water tank of the Tibetan Hanzi Gazang Dongzhi family.
Source water turbidity 170 NTU, what kind of drinking water is it?
"A few years ago, whenever it rained and snowed, our tap water was connected to the tank and the bucket, and the water was gray-black," Gaozang Dongzhi, a villager in Jiajia Village, Jiajia Township, Jianzha County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, complained to reporters before, "Because the source of tap water is black soil, rain and snow water have disturbed the water source." ”
The weather is clear and the water quality has improved, but it also looks turbid. Helplessly, the tap water is clear for several hours, and then drink it when it is clear, which is an indispensable drinking step for Gazang Dongzhi and local farmers and herdsmen for decades.
Jianzha County is located in the transition zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau, and the clear and soothing mother river, the Yellow River, flows down from its source and flows through the county for nearly 100 kilometers. But as Zhou Xiaoguang, director of the Jianzha County Water Conservancy Bureau, lamented, "The Jianzha Mountain is deep in ditches and complex in terrain, and some people can't eat water when they guard the Yellow River all year round." ”
Not only Jianzha County, Qinghai Province, as the birthplace of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Lancang River, is constrained by the special location of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and many farmers and herdsmen have to face the water situation of "lack of water in the sky, water on the ground, contribution of water, and lack of water".
The picture shows the natural environment of Jiajia Township in Jianzha County, photographed by Zhang Tianfu
The tap water of the Gazang Dongzhi family often "looks at the face of the sky", as mentioned above, "In the summer, the precipitation weather, the water quality will definitely change color"." In the event of a flash flood, there is a risk that the water pipes will be washed away. ”
Although there is little precipitation in winter, there are many troubles. "In case the pipeline breaks, it can only wait until the next year's spring weather warms up before construction." Nazang Dongzhi and the villagers will say goodbye to tap water once and for all winter, and "beg" for water everywhere.
"Spring water, bitter well water, river ditch water, turbid water, water, water, ice digging water, tap water..." Wa Luo, secretary of the Party Committee of Jiajia Township, said that different water sources and ways of drawing water reflect the difficult process of drinking water for farmers and herdsmen in local mountainous areas.
But even if there is water, Walo said, if the water is not clean, the villagers will have bloated stomachs when they drink water, and they will even get sick for a long time.
Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and drinking water is also very expensive. In the impression of many villagers, they are often reluctant to wash with water, and in the summer, they can also go to the ditch and spring to wash, and in the winter, there is no way out.
In 2020, with the deepening of poverty alleviation, the drinking water problem that has plagued generations in Jaga Village has ushered in a new opportunity.
A few kilometers below the source of tap water, local officials built a new water purification plant in Jiajia Township, becoming the first water purification plant in the pastoral area of Huangnan Prefecture, benefiting four villages, schools and monasteries in Jiajia Township.
The reporter saw that the online turbidity analyzer of the purified water plant showed in real time that the turbidity of the source water was 69.36 NTU, and the turbidity of the outgoing water "reached the standard" to 1.35 NTU.
Today, the old father of Gazo Dongzhi often laments that he has finally drunk clean water, which is a wish of generations.
"Now every household has bought a washing machine," Walo said, and now, "even the cattle and sheep of farmers and herders have drunk purified water." ”
Zhou Xiaoguang said that the small investment in the water purification plant in Jiajia Township reflects the people's livelihood, and this way explores a way to solve the water difficulties in the local mountainous areas. Industry experts say that its experience can be vigorously promoted in Qinghai's agricultural and pastoral areas.
According to the reporter's understanding, during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Qinghai Province actually spent more than 100 billion yuan on various types of funds for poverty alleviation, and the level of infrastructure construction such as water conservancy, transportation, housing, and electric power in agricultural and pastoral areas has undergone earth-shaking changes. During this period, Qinghai Province consolidated and improved the drinking water problem of 2.6 million people.
Zhou Xiaoguang introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, in order to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and the effective connection with rural revitalization, six water purification plants in Jianzha County, such as Angla Township, Jianzhatan Township and Tsozhou Township, have been built at full capacity, and more farmers and herdsmen will benefit from it.
Qinghai Province is an important Tibetan settlement in China, and Qinghai accounts for six of China's ten Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures. A few days ago, Qinghai Province issued a document proposing to continue to increase support for infrastructure construction in poverty alleviation areas, focusing on planning and building a number of regional and cross-regional major infrastructure projects, and promoting the extension of urban public utilities to suburban villages and large-scale central towns. (End)
Source: China News Network