Zhenhai District launches flood control project
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Monday, 27 January 2014 20:32
Zhehai District has recently started the construction of a new pumping station with an investment of 90 million yuan. The move marks the official opening of its four major flood control projects.
Xinhongkou Pumping Station, located to the east of Huibie sea area of Hangzhou Gulf, is consisted of four 2,000-kilowatt generators. All pipes in each generator reache two meters in diameter and allow a sedan go through. According to the anticipated design, the pumping station allows seven million cubic meters water, or the total river water storage of Zhenhai District, to be discharged to the Huibie sea area within 48 hours under static conditions.
"We can compare the pumping station as the head of a dragon and all rivers in Zhenhai District as its blood vessels," said Xie Ting, chief of Water Conservancy Office of Zhenhai District Agricultural Bureau. Backed by mountains and facing the sea, Zhenghai District plays crucial role in flood drainage of northeast Ningbo during flood season.
As a key location of water control, Zhenhai District is also putting ahead with its key waterway project. Currently, two major waterway projects are well under way, aiming to improve the drainage capacity of Jiangbei and Zhenhai districts. According to a three-year water control plan proposed by the Munciple Government, another 750 million yuan will be earmarked to the two waterway projects, which are expected to be completed and put into operation by 2016. In addition, the district allocates 90 million yuan each year for the river ecological restoration and dredging work. The efforts aim to improve the flood drainage capacity of rivers in the district.
Another key part of the pumping station is Xiepu Floodgate, the "tail of the dragon". In recent years, the rising accretion beach outside the floodgate has significantly reduced the drainage capacity of the floodgate. Zhenghai District decided to start a relocation and expansion project in an effort to raise Xiepu Floodgate and improve its drainage capacity. The project mainly covers Xiepu Floodgate,
