According to statistics, the whole province has 961 hectares of crops in the Winter-Spring crop of 2023 – 2024 damaged due to lack of irrigation water; 4,672 hectares of vegetable and dragon fruit crops in Ham Thuan Nam district are suffering from water shortage; It is expected that an additional 1,200 hectares of dragon fruit trees in the province will be at risk of water shortage in early May 2024 if there is no rain.
According to a report by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Thuan province, due to the influence of El Nino, from the beginning of 2024 until now, the weather in the province has maintained a prolonged hot state, with rising temperatures leading to When the water table drops, the flow of natural rivers and streams dries up. In addition, some reservoirs in the province are near the dead water level, with Ta Mon lake running out of water since early March 2024. Therefore, there have been droughts and local shortages of irrigation and domestic water in some areas of the province in recent times, and the possibility of irrigation and domestic water shortages will increase in the near future if the weather does not improve. rain.
Mr. Nguyen Huu Phuoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Thuan province, said that by April 25, the total amount of water stored in irrigation reservoirs in the province was only 99 million m3/363 million. m3 reaches 27.36% of design useful capacity, lower than the same period in 2023 of 58 million m3. In the province, there are 47 communes, wards and towns suffering from water shortages and are at risk of running water shortages in the near future, affecting the lives of 33,116 households/99,543 people; Of which, 12,517 households/42,277 people have lacked running water recently; 20,599 households/57,266 people are at risk of running out of water in the near future.
According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Phuoc, the current urgent solution is to prioritize domestic water supply. For areas without piped water, relevant units are coordinating to use water trucks to supply people. The Department also directs units to deploy optimal operations and effectively exploit irrigation systems to coordinate water sources and best meet the water needs of water users according to the capacity of existing water resources. , prevent loss and waste.
Units and enterprises engaged in production, business and clean water supply activities maximize the exploitation of natural water sources in rivers and streams, storing them in ponds and raw water tanks at construction sites; Enhance the exploitation and effective use of underground water sources from drilled wells and dug wells to supply raw water to water supply projects to maintain clean water production for people’s daily life.
In addition, the People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities are reviewing and zoning areas where drought and water shortages frequently occur, especially domestic water shortages, to implement public solutions. Projects such as: digging ponds, drilling wells, dredging rivers, streams, and infield canal systems to store and conduct water. Deploying temporary dams and installing field pumping stations to promptly divert and store water for production, and mobilize people to apply advanced irrigation technology to save water for crops and use water economically to avoid waste.
Localities take advantage of water tanks that were purchased with financial support from the state in previous years and are located in public places and residential areas that are lacking domestic water and proactively transport water. directly into the tank to supply people, preventing people from lacking water for daily use.
