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Nature's alarm


After the flood in 1998, the Ningyang area has been relatively dry for several years, especially in the summer.


In the summer, people in the areas along the Yangtze River must be prepared for flood control at all times. For most parts of Shandong, it is a good job in drought prevention. Ningyang County in Shandong Province was once a beautiful agricultural county due to the drought in recent years. The grain output of all towns in Ningyang County has remained at the 98-year level and even declined somewhat.


This summer, I visited a southernmost town and found that the damage caused by the drought is not small. In many places, due to the short water shortage, some agricultural production is caused. There is a Sha Zhuang village this year's damage situation is moderate for the entire town. The farmland there, the dry collapse, the use of hoes, and the use of shovel are very difficult. People stay up all night, from morning till night. Due to the shortage of groundwater, the amount of water flowing out of the well can be compared with the water poured out of the tea bowl. In the past, when there was water in the well, it was not too scarce, and it took about 7 to 8 hours to trade the mu. There are about 35 good electricity, but this year, more than 14 hours of pouring an acre of land. The electricity is about 4 degrees per hour. This kind of situation is undoubtedly aggravating people's snow, where the water flow can be irrigated, and more or less, this is still relatively optimistic, not much to spend money. At least there is corn to eat. People who want to be in the waterless land can only watch others do it. Imagine that the biggest sorrow between heaven and earth is this. Visitors have exaggerated that those places can put a fire on the whole field. Can you imagine what the seedlings in the field are like?


People didn’t know how many wells they had in order to pour the land, but they didn’t have much water. There is even no water. This kind of labor is time-consuming and labor-intensive. I can look back at the village. I interviewed a well-drilling team captain. Who knows the situation? The number of well water is: the water level of the groundwater, and the second is: The location of the well. If it can be played in a relatively shallow place, there is still the ability to play water. In the current situation where the water level is getting lower and lower, it is best to be able to carry the spring eye to market, but how many springs can there be? The current well drilling is not able to accurately locate its location. And people had to look at the new wells and sigh.


The phenomenon of falling groundwater levels has long been a hidden problem. It’s just that this year’s performance is particularly outstanding. In my hometown, we don’t have tap water right now. The water used in the past was met by a water press. During the summer vacation, it’s not enough to go to the water press. It’s only by picking water to maintain the daily water use. The reason for this is that the groundwater drops too fast, and the groundwater level drops too fast, sometimes uncontrolled water use, and people's unintentional damage to groundwater.
I don't dare to imagine what would happen if people didn't realize the use of groundwater in the next few years?
Our comfortable behavior, lively nature, this is the alarm that nature has sounded for us. For our survival, let us contribute to the protection of groundwater resources and the protection of nature!

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