The "9.5" Luding earthquake -stricken area of the crowd of drinking water is basic guarantee

On the afternoon of September 10, the "September 5" Luding Earthquake Earthquake Resistance Provincial and Municipal (State) front line of the province and city of the county held a press conference in Asan City, Ya'an City. At the press conference, Liu Xianghai, director of the Rural Water Resources Center of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Water Resources, said that at present, drinking water in the disaster -stricken areas can get basic guarantees.

As of 12 o'clock on September 10, the earthquake caused a total of 192 water supply projects in 6 counties in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City, and 83,963 people were difficult to drink water. Among them, 115 places, 36912 people in Ya'an; 77 and 47,051 people in Ganzi Prefecture.

In order to ensure the drinking water of the affected people, the water conservancy department mobilized experts and technical forces in the province to support the disaster -stricken areas, and carried out water supply investigation and rescue recovery work. 27 professional teams went to the disaster area to carry out water supply projects and emergency protection work in batches. Category to solve the problem of water supply in the disaster area, restore 33,423 water supply by repairing pipeline facilities, and extend the pipeline's new water source to solve 11,160 people. The centralized resettlement point resettlement solves the problem of drinking water for 36,829 people.

For 2,551 people who have not been connected for the time being, the water delivery (bottle water) is solved, and the pipeline network repair work is being carried out. Do a good job of water supply safety management, strengthen the purification and disinfection treatment of water plants, provide water supply for centralized resettlement and decentralized farmers, guide the use of disinfection agents in various places, do a good job of publicity of water use, guide the masses to boil drinking and drinking raw water, cooperate with the health and health department Monitor water quality to ensure the safety of drinking water.

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