The Dumu Reservoir is an important source of drinking water in Qujing City, which plays a vital role in alleviating the water supply shortage in the central urban area and ensuring the safety of urban water supply. Based on the procuratorial function of public interest litigation, the Qilin District Procuratorate of Qujing City has carried out supervision on the problems related to the ecological environment of the Dumu Reservoir, actively responded to the concerns of people's livelihood, injected procuratorial power into the protection of the drinking water safety of the people, and further built a solid ecological and environmental safety barrier in the water source.
Proliferation and release
Assist in the comprehensive restoration of the ecological environment in the reservoir area
On July 21-22, 2022, in order to make a profit, Li still used fishing boats and fishing nets to illegally catch aquatic products smelt and whitebait, a total of 59., knowing that the Dumu Reservoir is a drinking water source protection area05 kg. It was determined that the area where the case occurred was in the Dumu Reservoir in Dongshan Town, which belonged to the water source protection area, and Li used a fishing net with a mesh of 1 mm to fish, which was a prohibited fishing gear.
On January 17, 2023, the public security organs transferred Li to the Qilin District Procuratorate for review and prosecution on suspicion of illegal fishing of aquatic products. In view of Li's sincere admission of guilt and repentance, and his willingness to actively restore the ecological environment, the Qilin District Procuratorate made a relative decision not to prosecute Li. However, Li's use of prohibited fishing gear to catch aquatic products in the fishing ban area damaged the ecological environment and harmed the public interest, and should bear tort liability.
The Qilin District Procuratorate entrusted the administrative organ to issue an assessment opinion on the restoration of fishery resources, multiplication and release. After assessment, Li's illegal fishing behavior directly reduced the amount of fish resources in the reservoir area, and the damage to aquatic biological resources was assessed at 14,827$5. In this regard, the Qilin District Procuratorate took advantage of the integrated case-handling model and integrated the performance of its duties, and requested the Qujing Municipal Procuratorate to file a civil public interest lawsuit against Li's illegal fishing of aquatic products, requesting that Li be ordered to compensate 14827The ecological damage restoration fee of 5 yuan was transferred to the designated account of the Qilin District Agriculture and Rural Bureau for ecological restoration of breeding and release, and the case was settled through mediation, and on November 20, 2023, Li paid the compensation to the designated account.
On December 5, 2023, the Qilin District Procuratorate, together with the Qilin District Agriculture and Rural Bureau and the Qujing Dumu Reservoir Management Bureau, carried out a breeding and release activity, releasing more than 5,000 silver carp and bighead carp into the Dumu Reservoir.
Pay attention to the safety of drinking water for residents
Promote the comprehensive treatment of the problem of drinking water source pollution
Dongshan Town Xincun Community Wetland Park is located in the upper reaches of the Dumu Reservoir, and the small river from Luoping flows into the Dumu Reservoir through the wetland, which is one of the important water sources in the reservoir area.
In November 2023, the Qilin District Procuratorate found that there are 2 public toilets (aqua toilets) and 1 rural garbage dumping point built next to the wetland park, which has a great risk of water pollution and seriously affects the surrounding environment. After on-site visits, drone aerial photography, commissioned appraisals, and other evidence collected by prosecutors, the construction of public toilets and garbage dumps did not comply with the regulations on the protection of water sources, and the water quality was not qualified, and the fact that the drinking water quality was polluted was fixed.
The Qilin District Procuratorate immediately negotiated with relevant departments to preliminarily determine the rectification plan, clean up the garbage dumping points, block one aqua toilet, and adopt a glass reinforced septic tank to prevent leakage and polluted waters.
The waterfront public toilet is being blocked).
On December 4, 2023, after on-site inspection, the garbage dumping point involved in the case has been cleaned up and is no longer used as a garbage dumping point, the public toilet directly adjacent to the water has been closed, and a septic tank has been established in another public toilet, and the sewage will no longer flow into the reservoir area, preliminarily achieving the purpose of jointly protecting the safety of drinking water quality.
Implement the coordination mechanism of "river (lake) chief + procurator general".
Draw a new picture of beautiful rivers and lakes
The procuratorial organs give full play to the function of public interest litigation, and through carrying out the "river (lake) chief + chief procurator" joint patrol of the river, find out the clues of public interest litigation cases, and invite the river chief's office and relevant member units of the river and lake chief system to intervene and provide professional assistance in handling public interest litigation cases of river and lake ecological and environmental protection. Persist in law enforcement and justice complementing and promoting each other, and jointly promote the management and protection of the entire ecological chain and basin of rivers and lakes. In 2023, the Qilin District Procuratorate will organize 4 river patrols of the Dumu Reservoir to find clues about the damage to public welfare and handle related cases.
Convening working meetings on issues such as the protection of drinking water sources).
In order to strengthen cooperation and form a joint force, the Qilin District Procuratorate also held a working meeting on the protection of drinking water sources and ensuring the safety of residents' water. Qujing Dumu Reservoir Management Bureau, Qujing Ecological Environment Bureau Qilin Branch, Dongshan Town ** and other units were invited to participate. Through the meeting, the responsibilities and division of labor of each unit in the protection of drinking water sources were clarified, and efforts were made to do a good job in water environmental protection to ensure the safety of drinking water for residents.