CCTV News (News Network): At present, spring irrigation is being carried out across the country, effectively and orderly ensuring spring plowing and spring management.
Since this year, the national precipitation and the incoming water in major rivers have been less than the same period last year. Local governments have timely optimized irrigation plans to improve soil moisture according to the planting structure, water resource allocation, etc.
In the past two days, Fei Township, Hebei Province has entered the peak of spring irrigation. Farmers unscrew the anti-seepage pipeline valve at the ground, and the river water two kilometers away passes through the underground pipeline network to the wheat field. This year, Feixiang used the three main canals to connect 28 branch canals and more than 500 field canals to form a "10-minute irrigation circle" to accurately transport the Yellow River water and reservoir water storage to each farmland.
Heze, Shandong invested 291 million yuan last year to continue construction and supporting facilities and water-saving transformation of five medium-sized Yellow River irrigation areas. At present, these irrigation areas are opening the gates to release water. This year, Shandong has used large and medium-sized irrigation areas and water diversion projects to scientifically formulate irrigation water plans, and 132 large and medium-sized irrigation areas have started spring irrigation.
This spring irrigation, multiple digital twin irrigation areas will take the lead in trying out and optimizing the allocation of water resources. Before spring irrigation, the digital twin Heilongtan Reservoir platform of Dujiangyan Irrigation District, Sichuan was launched online, collecting data on upstream incoming water, reservoir water level flow and other data in real time, forming a "water situation information map" and automatically generating a water diversion plan.
The latest dispatch of the Ministry of Water Resources shows that the total water storage capacity of more than 9,500 key reservoirs across the country exceeds 480 billion cubic meters, which is nearly 10% more than the same period in previous years, which can effectively ensure the demand for spring irrigation water. At present, 16 provinces across the country have launched spring irrigation, with a cumulative irrigation area of more than 64 million mu.
