Shanxi Jiaokou has built a rural drinking water safety project with high standards, and the penetration rate of tap water is 100%. Photo by Li Haifeng
Zhongxin Network Lvliang, January 20 Title: Farewell to the History of Rural Water Shortage Shanxi Rural Revitalization "For The Source of Living Water"
Author Gao Ruifeng Li Haifeng
"In the past, I used to carry water to eat, but now I have tap water, the water quality is good, the amount of water is large, and the problem of draft water has finally been solved." Mi Suomei, a villager in Huangyashan Village, Shikou Town, Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province, said.
Jiaokou County is located in the middle of the Lüliang Mountains in the west of Shanxi Province, the western part of the county is a bedrock bare soil and stone mountainous area, and the southeast is a loess hilly area, with poor drinking water facilities, lack of water sources and water storage, which have restricted the development of local rural areas for many years.
In recent years, Jiaokou County has invested nearly 70 million yuan to build a rural drinking water safety project with high standards through new construction, transformation, pipe network extension, and new water source wells. Liu Changming, head of rural drinking water safety of the county's water conservancy bureau, said that at present, the penetration rate of tap water in the county has reached 100%, and the drinking water safety compliance rate is 100%.
Shikou Town is one of the water-scarce townships in Jiaokou County. In the past, many villages in the town relied on mountain springs and wells for drinking water. "In the past, the village had to go to the mountains to pull spring water, and in drought years, we had to go to the town to buy water to eat. I didn't expect that the ravine could also eat tap water. Mu Junsuo, a villager in the town's Land Gou Village, said.
From "carrying water with flat burdens" to "twisting the tap", from drinking water to drinking water safety, Jiaokou County's change of making water-scarce villages no longer shout "thirst" is a microcosm of Shanxi's solution to the "last kilometer" problem of rural water supply security.
Shanxi transitioned from a semi-humid area to a semi-arid area from south to north, and the Taihang Mountains, Taiyue Mountains, and Lüliang Mountains ran from east to west, and the mountainous area accounted for more than 80% of the total land area. For a long time, due to the influence of natural conditions, the decline in water levels caused by mining, and the inability to store water, Shanxi has become one of the provinces with severe water shortages in China.
Shanxi continues to consolidate the "water support" of rural revitalization through the construction of multi-stage rural drinking water projects such as drinking water relief, full coverage of drinking water safety, and consolidation and upgrading. Photo by Li Haifeng
Among them, in the vast rural areas, there are "short boards" such as water shortage, insufficient infrastructure, and lagging management. In order to change this dilemma, Shanxi continues to build multi-stage rural drinking water projects such as drinking water relief, full coverage of drinking water safety, consolidation and upgrading, etc., to break through the "water bottleneck" that restricts rural development and consolidate the "water support" of rural revitalization.
According to data from the Shanxi Provincial Water Conservancy Department, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Shanxi consolidated and improved the drinking water safety conditions of 12.651 million rural residents, with a centralized water supply rate of 96% and a tap water penetration rate of 94%. In 2021, focus on the maintenance or upgrading of rural centralized water supply projects, and strengthen the protection of drinking water sources.
At the same time, in view of the fact that the terrain and landform are complex, the water resource endowments are uneven, and the population distribution of villages is uneven, Shanxi takes the county as a unit to promote the integration of urban and rural water supply, the scale of rural water supply, and the standardization of small-scale water supply projects for urban and suburban junctions, areas with relatively concentrated residences, and relatively dispersed populations.
"It's much easier to water vegetables and feed livestock, and you don't have to suffer anymore." Mu Junsuo said that the tap was twisted, and the tap water was rushing. Liu Changming introduced that Jiaokou County has built and transformed more than 150 rural drinking water safety projects, consolidating and improving the drinking water safety of 57,700 rural residents in 224 natural villages.
"In the next step, we will innovate a long-term operation and management mechanism, strictly control water prices, water quantity, and water quality, ensure rural production and domestic water, and help rural revitalization." Liu Changming said. (End)