The safety situation of China s reservoirs continues to improve

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-01-31

China Water Conservancy ** NewsIn 2023, the safety status of China's reservoirs will continue to improve, the level of operation and management will be steadily improved, and the benefits of reservoir projects will be fully utilized, laying a solid foundation for promoting the high-quality development of water conservancy in the new stage. On December 28, the Ministry of Water Resources held a press conference on reservoir safety management in 2023, at which Vice Minister Liu Weiping introduced the relevant situation and answered questions from reporters with the heads of the Water Conservancy Engineering Construction Department, the Operation Management Department, and the Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Department.

China is the country with the most reservoir dams in the world, with 9 existing reservoirsWith 80,000 seats, the task of safety management is very arduous. The Ministry of Water Resources conscientiously implements the decision-making and deployment, coordinates development and safety, and makes every effort to do a good job in reservoir safety management with the goal of "no personnel, no dam collapse, no breach of important embankments, and no impact on important infrastructure".

Liu Weiping introduced that in 2023, the Ministry of Water Resources will pay close attention to the safety of reservoirs, fully implement the reservoir safety responsibility system, establish and improve the normalization mechanism of risk removal and reinforcement, vigorously promote the investigation and management of hidden dangers in the project, comprehensively carry out pre-flood inspections of reservoir projects, thoroughly implement the prevention and control of termites and other harmful animals, start the pilot work of the modern reservoir operation and management matrix, strengthen the construction of reservoir monitoring facilities, and consolidate the foundation of reservoir safety management. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", 11,763 sick and dangerous reservoirs have been arranged and reinforced, 3,200 downgraded and scrapped, 37,593 small reservoirs have been built and put into use, 26,113 dam safety monitoring facilities have been built and put into use, and 48,226 small reservoirs managed by townships, towns and villages have achieved full coverage of professional management and protection.

The Ministry of Water Resources held a press conference on the safety management of reservoirs in 2023 ReporterZhang ZhuangAbsorb.

Liu Weiping introduced that under the severe flood conditions such as the "23.7" flood in the Haihe River basin in 2023, the local flood in the Songhua River basin, and multiple rounds of typhoon attacks, the reservoir has given full play to the "trump card" role of flood control and flood control, achieved no dam collapse, and successfully won the tough battle of reservoir safety. After the occurrence of the earthquake damage in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, the Ministry of Water Resources carried out a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of the earthquake damage of more than 400 reservoirs in the earthquake area, and sent a working group to the earthquake area to carry out on-site guidance, and timely and scientifically deal with the danger of the earthquake damage reservoir.

Liu Weiping said that the Ministry of Water Resources will continue to anchor the high-quality development goals of water conservancy in the new stage, plan key tasks in advance, and ensure the safe operation of reservoirs and dams and the continuous development of reservoir benefits.

People's Daily, Radio and Television Station, Economic News, China Water Conservancy News and many other reporters attended the press conference. |China Water Conservancy**Journalists|Li Shuang, Zhang ZhuangAudit|Chen RuiExecutive Producer|Fan YiziEditor-in-charge|Prince MonthProofreading|Luo Jingyue

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