The lack of water perplexes the disaster area

The lack of water perplexes the disaster area
The lack of water perplexes the disaster area
Staff reporter Cao Zheng Once praised as Gannan the boat song in the South small, facing the greatest difficult problem: Lack water. At 5 o'clock on the 10th early morning, Ni Cui went out carrying the basket. In the basket, hold two big kettles. Only one one of purpose that she went out early, look for water. Ni Cui's home escapes death by sheer luck in this disaster. Behind the calamity, family of her has 11 homeless fellow-villagers, 5 original persons of family in one's care, 16 people's daily life life, water needed is a heavy burden every day. In the street not flooded in the west street village of Chengguan Town, Ni Cui is touching the person carrying the basket, carrying the kettle too constantly. They are all looking for water. I wonder who say there are households that can also type the well water, everybody gathers towards the same place. This household has a well 8 meters deep, a guy is going to the fields to press the water pump, people of water such as nearby have already arranged the long team. "There is a machine that could draw water originally, there is no oil now, the machine can not be moved, can only pigeonhole with manpower. " Owner aunt Wang in the well says. The epidemic prevention worker has already been here early in the morning, has checked the well water, and the area of some perimeters sterilizes to fetching water, still leave the bubbles of the water purification to make room slice. "The person of the anti-epidemic station has taught us how to sterilize water. " Aunt Wang says, " also want us and try hard to drink the boiled water. " By the well, a small kitchen range has already been put up, cook a meal the pot emit white vapour on the flame, aunt Wang's neighbour still picks up the billet and lights the fire from building site already discarded. Ni Cui fetching water says, she will do it in this way too at home. But not all people drink water like this. The boat song street flown upward in the dust, can see thirsty residents drinking water holding the big port of the plastic pot frequently. But a troubling one is, the water has not mostly undergone any treatment. After the calamity, the monitor system of the hygiene is beginning to resume running well. On the 10th, hygiene personnel carry on the fast investigation to the drinking water state of residents of 101 disaster areas of 4 areas, the result is not optimistic, quite a few of people are drinking the unboiled water. The expert explains, this relates to local common people's habits and customs, locals have been used to drinking the unboiled water all the time. In the usual, water quality is in line, but after the great calamity, the natural source of water may be polluted seriously, drinking the unboiled water may lead to the fact the hidden danger prevails in great intestinal infectious disease. Health Inspection Institute chief of Gansu Province department of public health Zhang Hao introduces, there are 3 problems that the drinking water faces safely in the disaster area at present: The hidden danger of the source of water, drink and sterilize with water, the habits and customs of drinking the water. As to this, Zhang Hao says, the next step, the Ministry of Health will fetch water and click and pay protecting to 7 already known, prevent the rubbish, excrement and urine from causing pollution to the source of water. Meanwhile, go on continuously detection for 3 day to source of water these also, confirm what source of water safe, which are unsafe, and put up the sign. In addition, will carry on the health education to residents and throw in pill, change its habits and customs. Monitor safe expert of water to propose, direct against the deficient problem of drinking water of the disaster area, whether could be organized by government and dug well in the appropriate place, create the source of water, some increase affiliated facilities to existing water intaking at the same time, such as allocate filter tank, sterilizing the pool,etc.. In Wen's Sichuan earthquake, the related departments have also used the apparatus of integrated water purification, the expert proposes, hope to put this kind of apparatus into the boat song and use as soon as possible.


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