China News Service, Xining, February 27th (Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Ming) Drought and water shortage are the province's and water conditions in Qinghai Province in Northwest China.
A reporter from Chinanews.com learned from the Qinghai Provincial Water Conservancy Department on the 27th that on the basis of consolidating and improving the drinking water safety level of 2.606 million people in farming and pastoral areas in the past five years, the province will scientifically plan the water supply work in rural and pastoral areas and increase the penetration rate of tap water in rural and pastoral areas. Actively and steadily promote the large-scale development of rural water supply projects.
Qinghai Province has a vast territory, scarce rainfall, and drought and water shortage are the basic characteristics of the province's water regime.
At the same time, the spatial and temporal distribution of land and water resources does not match the population distribution, and the use of water is relatively extensive.
Liu Zejun, secretary of the party group of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Water Resources, previously introduced that in the past five years, Qinghai Province has consolidated and improved the drinking water safety level of 2.606 million people in agricultural and pastoral areas, and the drinking water safety problem of 301,400 registered poor people has been completely "zeroed", and tap water has been popularized in agricultural and pastoral areas. The rate and water supply guarantee rate reached 82% and 95.6%; the irrigation projects of the four major reservoirs along the Yellow River and other farmland water conservancy infrastructures were completed and put into operation.
Based on the new development needs, the person in charge of the Qinghai Provincial Water Resources Department stated that it will scientifically plan the water supply work in rural and pastoral areas, and supervise and guide the water conservancy departments in various regions to fully investigate the seasonality in the region in accordance with the "14th Five-Year Plan for Water Supply Guarantee in Rural and Pastoral Areas of Qinghai Province". Water shortage, unstable water quality and aging and disrepair of pipe network.
At the same time, anchoring the needs of rural revitalization and development, systematically plan the construction layout of rural and pastoral areas in the region to ensure that the penetration rate of tap water in rural and pastoral areas in the province will reach 85% by the end of 2025, and further improve the water supply guarantee level in agricultural and pastoral areas in the province.
The person in charge of the Qinghai Provincial Water Conservancy Department stated that they will raise construction standards and guide water conservancy departments across the province to address the relatively low proportion of water purification and disinfection and metering facilities installed in water supply projects in rural and pastoral areas, and the shortcomings of some projects that have seasonal water shortages. , water quality improvement, and water meter compliance", prioritize the implementation of the projects listed in the "14th Five-Year Plan" for Water Supply Guarantee in Rural and Pastoral Areas of Qinghai Province, and carry out the construction of rural water supply guarantee projects according to local conditions.
At the same time, in accordance with the new standards of rural water supply projects, actively and steadily promote the large-scale development of rural water supply projects in the way of "building large, consolidating, and reducing", reducing the number of people who only rely on water cellars and water tanks for water supply, and promoting urban and rural water supply. Integration and standardization of minor engineering and decentralized engineering.
In addition, the water conservancy department of Qinghai Province will explore enterprise management, guide the county as a unit in all parts of the province, combine with deepening the reform of the management system of small water conservancy projects, clarify the property rights of rural centralized water supply projects, and implement the main body of management and protection, personnel and funds.
For example, actively promote the advanced operation and management experience of rural water supply service companies in Ping'an District, and implement enterprise-oriented management, professional management, and socialized services in agricultural areas and areas where conditions permit through government procurement of services, contracting of management rights, and cooperation between the government and social capital. ; In the pastoral areas, explore the implementation of regional centralized management and protection, "leading the small with the big" and other management and protection models, and establish a benign operation management system and mechanism.
It is reported that the water conservancy department of Qinghai Province will strive for funds from various parties, strive to include the water supply guarantee project in rural pastoral areas into the local rural revitalization project library, prioritize the implementation of planned projects, and make full use of local financial funds, land transfer income, local special bonds and other funds to promote rural pastoral areas Water supply guarantee project construction.
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