2024-01-16 08:07:41
South of the Great Lake | Happy River Runs Sanxiang
People’s Daily Client Hunan Channel Sun Chao Liu Bin
In the south of the Great Lake, the “four rivers” are flowing and the water network is densely covered.
It is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. There are more than 5,340 rivers over 5 kilometers in the province. The freshwater area reaches 13,500 square kilometers. It has the second largest freshwater lake in my country – Dongting Lake. The total amount of natural water resources in the province is the largest among the nine southern provinces. crown.
In 2017, Hunan issued a provincial general river chief order and gradually established a five-level river chief system in provinces, cities, counties and villages. In 2018, Hunan established a lake chief system based on the five-level river chief system. In recent years, by comprehensively deepening the river and lake chief system, Hunan has continued to promote the systematic management of rivers and lakes “from regions to basins, from large rivers to small rivers” and has achieved remarkable results.
According to data recently released by the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, the water quality rate of national assessment sections of Hunan’s surface water in 2023 reached 98.6%, ranking among the top in the country and first in central China.
Looking at the land of Sanxiang, an ecological picture of smooth rivers, clear water, beautiful scenery and prosperous people spreads before our eyes.
Hunan has a developed water system and dense water networks.Photo by Liu Bin
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Changes in water ecology
When we arrived at Yuhua District, Changsha City, we walked upstream along the Guitang River Embankment. We heard the sound of birds chirping in our ears, and we saw lush water plants and rippling blue waves in front of our eyes.
Guitang River originates from Shiyan Lake in Tiaoma Town, the green heart of Changsha-Zhuzhou Lake, and runs through the entire Yuhua District from north to south. It is the longest urban river in Changsha City, with a total length of 28.3 kilometers and a water catchment area of about 128 square kilometers. The population living in the basin is More than 2 million.
In the 1980s and 1990s, with the acceleration of economic development and urbanization, pollution sources along the Guitang River increased, and the direct discharge of wastewater and garbage led to serious deterioration of the ecological environment. The water quality indicators in many river sections were at Class V or even worse than Class V standards. It is known as the “stinky water ditch” and “longxugou” in Changsha.
In recent years, the local area has actively explored innovative river management models, using the treatment of black and smelly water bodies as a breakthrough to carry out in-depth comprehensive management of the Guitang River Basin. “We adhere to the governance path of systematic river governance, precise river governance, institutional river governance, and long-term river governance, and focus on solving outstanding problems in Guitang River’s water resources, water environment, water ecology, etc.” said the relevant person in charge of Yuhua District People introduced.
The blue waves of Guitang River are rippling.Photo by Liu Bin
——Change “Nine Dragons Water Control” to “One Dragon Coordination”, and change segmented management to whole basin management.
The “Guitang River Basin Comprehensive Management Headquarters” was established to integrate the forces of more than ten departments such as environmental protection, water conservancy, agriculture, municipal administration, and territorial streets and towns, etc., to coordinate efforts, and issued the “Guitang River Basin Management Measures” in 2019 , which is the first government management document for county-level rivers in the province.
At the same time, we have changed the traditional governance concept, focused on top-level planning of the watershed, compiled the “Guitang River Basin Comprehensive Management Master Plan”, and made every effort to create a “double repair” of the city in the Jingtang section of the Guitang River and a sponge city construction demonstration park, and realize the transformation from segmented governance to Transformation of whole-basin system governance.
——Precise pollution control and ecological water diversion solve the problem of urban inland river management.
Measures such as constructing sewage interception wells, adding interception pipes, interception sills, septic tanks, pipeline dredging and intelligent control of discharge outlets are used to accurately intercept sewage. The coastal sewage outlets are regularly dredged and dredged to achieve full interception on both the east and west banks of the Guitang River. pollution, and implement desilting and dredging projects in the middle and downstream sections.
In order to alleviate the regional and seasonal water shortage problem of Guitang River, a water diversion pumping station was built from Dongsi Port of Liuyang River, and a pressure pipe was used to lift the water to Tielutang of Baizhu Village. A diversion channel was built from Tielutang to flow into Guitang River.
——Multiple parties participate, jointly govern and share, and plug loopholes in supervision.
On the basis of the daily patrols of the river by the government’s four-level “river chiefs”, a three-level private “river chief” system was established, and the “Guitang River Guardian Action Network” was jointly launched with social environmental protection and public welfare organizations, and 16 private river chiefs were openly recruited from the public. has grown to more than 100 people.
Prepare to establish an urban construction expert advisory committee and a professional institutional database for sponge city construction in the region. Experts from the Hunan Provincial Water Conservancy Institute, the Provincial Architecture Institute, the Changsha Municipal Planning Institute, and the Municipal Water Conservancy Institute have become the “main force” in the management of the Guitang River Basin.
At present, the water quality of Guitang River has basically stabilized at Class III standards. A 100-kilometer greenway network, a 150,000-square-meter playground, and eight cultural houses and other convenience facilities have been planned and constructed along the river. Remarkable results have been achieved in watershed management.
In 2023, Guitang River was selected as one of the 2023 National Excellent Cases of Beautiful Rivers and Lakes.
A glimpse into the ecological changes of three Xiangshui rivers through the regulation of one river.
Monitoring shows that in 2023, the water quality of the four main rivers in Hunan, Xiangzi, Yuanli, and the Hunan section of the Yangtze River mainstream will all reach or be better than Class II for four consecutive years. The province’s 32 municipal drinking water source water quality compliance rates are 100%, and the water environment quality of four cities, Yongzhou, Zhangjiajie, Huaihua and Shaoyang, ranks among the top 30 in the country.
A marathon track built along the river in Junshan District, Yueyang City.Photo courtesy of Yueyang Water Conservancy Bureau
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The beauty of water landscape
The river flows eastward and winds out 163 kilometers of beautiful coastline in Yueyang, Hunan.
In April 2023, a marathon event started with a gunshot at the Jiangsu Bay Scenic Area in Junshan District, Yueyang City. More than 10,000 runners measured this ecological landscape track built along the river with their footsteps.
This marathon track is 36.8km long and adopts the design plan of “embankment separation + embankment combination”, which integrates accessibility, solid embankments, green shores, and beautiful scenery.
As a green development demonstration zone in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yueyang has taken the implementation of the river and lake chief system as a starting point in recent years, and has continued to do a good job in “pollution control, emission reduction, clean water, bank protection, abundant grass, and clear lakes” to effectively protect the area. Jiang Bishui.
The water quality rate of the Yueyang section of the Yangtze River has been 100% for five consecutive years, and the water quality of East Dongting Lake has met the national examination standards for five consecutive years; the number of wintering waterbirds in Dongting Lake in 2022 will reach 404,000, setting a new historical record; the stable numbers of finless porpoises and elk in Yueyang are respectively The number reached 162 and more than 230, the highest number in the past ten years.
“Promoted by the special inspection campaign for the protection and utilization of the Yangtze River main stream coastline, the Yangtze River’s flood storage channels have become smoother, the river and lake shoreline appearance has been significantly improved, and significant ecological, flood control and social benefits have been achieved.” Rivers and Lakes Bureau of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission Bian Junjie, director of the Hehu Chief Work Office, said.
Liuyang River is rippling with blue waves.Photo by Liu Bin
“The rivers and seas are turning to the east, but the Liuyang water can still flow to the west.” The Liuyang River originating from Dawei Mountain in Liuyang City, Hunan Province is an important link in the ecological system of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
This “full of musical notes” river flows through 5 districts and counties (cities), 30 towns (streets), and 102 villages (communities). It is more than 200 kilometers long and has a drainage area of 4,244 square kilometers. It is rippling with clear waves. Meandering and beautiful.
Located in Xiaohe Township, Liuyang City, in the Luoxiao Mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, it has high mountains and dense forests. Xiaoxi River, a tributary of Liuyang River, meanders throughout the territory.
In recent years, Xiaohe Township’s creatively designed water landscape “Fish Scale Dam” has become popular. The dam body of this river dam built in 2020 was shaped into 172 “fish scales”. The sunlight shines on the water, and looking around, it looks like shining fish scales, forming a unique water landscape.
In conjunction with universities such as Hunan Agricultural University, Xiaohe Township has now formulated a plan for rural revitalization, tourism and industrial development, and proposed the implementation of a development strategy of “establishing the township ecologically, strengthening the township through agriculture, revitalizing the township through tourism, nourishing the township through culture, and beautifying the township through the environment”. The planned layout of “axis, two belts, three bases and five groups” strives to be a benchmark for the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism and a demonstration for the revitalization of rural areas in the border areas of Hunan and Jiangxi.
“Along the small sections of the Xiaoxi River, we have built the Wind and Rain Covered Bridge, Yulin Dam, the Xiaohe Revolutionary History Exhibition Hall where the 18th Red Army was established, the Millennium Podocarpus Park, the Iron Cable Bridge, the Dieshui Dam, the Egret Forest Ecological Tourism Resort, and the Galaxy The Observatory and other places where Internet celebrities check in,” said Zhou Yehong, member of the Xiaohe Township Party Committee and Chairman of the National People’s Congress.
By actively exploring the integrated cultural and tourism development model of “hydrology + tourism”, Xiaohe Township has successfully created the Huali Xiaohe Ecological Tourism Zone, a national 3A-level scenic spot. In 2022, the Xiaohe Township section of Xiaoxi River was rated as a happy river and lake in Hunan Province.
“Yulin Dam” in Xiaohe Township, Liuyang City.Photo courtesy of Xiaohe Township
A clear water, a landscape.
In recent years, Changsha has built 15 provincial-level beautiful rivers, 30 municipal-level beautiful and happy rivers, 18 county-level model rivers (sections), and township-level model rivers (sections), and created 110 small and micro water body model areas.
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The rise of water economy
Changsha County, Hunan Province, the “Capital City of Three Hunan Provinces”, is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
Yinshan Village, Jiangbei Town, Changsha County, is known as the “No. 1 Village in Sanxiang”. Tianxi Lake has an artificial lake surface of more than 700 acres, with water and sky of the same color and sparkling blue waves.
In 2022, Yinshan Village built a river chief theme park relying on Tianxi Lake. The park highlights the ornamental and popular science features. It introduces the distribution of local water systems and water control celebrities in the past in different sections to create a unique cultural landscape of water control. Tourists flock here every weekend and holiday, boosting the business of B&Bs and farmhouses in the village.
“There is a scenic spot at the doorstep of the house, and villagers can earn money without going out.” Liu Luoshi, secretary of the Party branch of Yinshan Village and village-level river chief, told reporters that the per capita income of villagers is expected to exceed 70,000 yuan in 2023.
Tianxi Lake is the same color as water and sky.Photo by Liu Bin
In Changsha County, this is not the only example of hydrated villages promoting development.
Zhanggongtang in Huaguo Village, Guoyuan Town, Changsha County has a water area of more than 90 acres. The village introduced a cultural tourism company to build a “Music Wetland Park” and built a series of places such as a camping base, cultural corridor, and library, making it a popular “Internet celebrity check-in place” for suburban outings.
Yao Guo, the person in charge of the operation of the wetland park, said that it will be officially opened in September 2023, and the turnover in October alone will reach more than 300,000 yuan.
The excellent local aquatic ecology also creates conditions for the development of “flower and fruit shrimp” farming. At present, the crayfish farming area in the village is more than 3,000 acres, and the net profit per mu can reach more than 6,000 yuan.
Use water as scenery and use scenery to promote production. In recent years, the collective economic income of Huaguo Village has increased steadily, from 23,800 yuan in 2019 to 550,000 yuan.
The Zhanggongtang Music Wetland Park was built in Huaguo Village, Changsha County.Photo by Liu Bin
It is understood that there are more than 58,000 small and micro water bodies in Changsha County. The county has identified 26 municipal-level small and micro water body demonstration area creation points and 42 county-level small and micro water body treatment points to promote the overall improvement of the water environment quality in the basin and allow Water “flows, becomes clean, and becomes beautiful.”
Ecological beauty brings industrial prosperity. At present, Changsha County has built 78 provincial-level rural revitalization demonstration villages, 6 provincial-level beautiful villages, and 318 beautiful and livable villages; it has 73 large-scale leisure agriculture and rural tourist attractions, and receives more than 8.66 million tourists every year. Revenue exceeded 2.28 billion yuan.
According to the relevant person in charge of the County Water Conservancy Bureau, the “great happiness” brought by the local “small water body” is mainly reflected in three “effectiveness” and three “promotions”: the three “effectiveness” refers to the effective control of rural domestic pollution, Rural water bodies have been effectively renovated and the rural environment has been effectively improved; the three “promotions” refer to promoting the transformation of ecological concepts, promoting the increase in collective economic income, and promoting the enthusiasm of the masses to participate in ecological governance.
The rivers are rushing and life is endless.
Hunan has taken a pragmatic approach and promoted the “long-term governance” of rivers and lakes through the “river and lake long system” to nourish people’s livelihood, benefit the people, and inject “source living water” into high-quality economic and social development!
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