How China gets clean, safe drinking water to remote desert villges in Xinjiang

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How China gets clean, safe drinking water to remote desert villges in Xinjiang

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2022-05-24 19:40:17

TOP LEFT: A farmer gets water from an artificial water storage pool in Cele County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the 1990s. (File photo taken by Shen Qiao)

BOTTOM LEFT: Abdukerem Turdi, a villager from an officially registered poor household, shows home access to tap water in Qushou Village of Moyu County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2019. (Photo taken by Zhao Ge)

RIGHT: A local villager collects tap water diverted from an improved water conservancy project in Jambaz Township of Jiashi County, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 8, 2020. (Photo taken by Zhao Ge) (Xinhua)

URUMQI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Drinking gourd, buckets and giant clay jars -- Nurbiya Aikmu still remembers the various water vessels she had seen at her grandfather's old home as a child.
"In those days, every household had such vessels to hold water, but they are all antique now," said Nurbiya Aikmu, who was born in the 1990s in Payzawat County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

This county was once plagued by a dearth of water resources.

"My grandpa told me that the water he drank was salty and bitter, and the process of transporting water was excruciating, as people had to carry water using poles or donkeys. Water in the lower areas was contaminated and appeared brown or green, while during the dry seasons, the water was full of litter, tadpoles and insects and it must be filtered with gauze before drinking," she recalled.

To ensure the safety of drinking water in the rural areas, Xinjiang has launched a series of major water conservancy projects and has upgraded its water conservancy infrastructure over the past decade.

In May 2020, a drinking water safety project with an investment of 1.75 billion yuan (about 262.3 million U.S. dollars) was completed in Payzawat County. A 1,827-km pipeline network began transporting water to residents across the county. "We are fortunate to have access to clean and pure water," Nurbiya Aikmu said.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), Xinjiang executed more than 1,400 drinking water projects, solving or improving the problem of safe drinking water for 1.52 million rural residents, including those living in desert hinterlands and remote alpine areas.

"Since the government installed smart water meters for each household last year, I can check my water bill and water pipe failure information through my mobile phone," said Mehmut Memet, from Hexie Village in Chasmiqiti Township of Yecheng County.

"Our life has become sweeter as we have access to clean drinking water," added Mehmut Memet, who is among the beneficiaries.

Xinjiang has nearly 1,300 centralized rural water supply projects, providing water to almost 13.2 million people. The tap water penetration rate of the region has reached 97.5 percent, according to the regional drinking water authorities. ■

Wondrous Xinjiang: Access to potable water enhances quality of life in rural Xinjiang

Wondrous Xinjiang: Access to potable water enhances quality of life in rural Xinjiang-

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2022-05-24 19:40:17

TOP LEFT: A farmer gets water from an artificial water storage pool in Cele County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the 1990s. (File photo taken by Shen Qiao)

BOTTOM LEFT: Abdukerem Turdi, a villager from an officially registered poor household, shows home access to tap water in Qushou Village of Moyu County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2019. (Photo taken by Zhao Ge)

RIGHT: A local villager collects tap water diverted from an improved water conservancy project in Jambaz Township of Jiashi County, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 8, 2020. (Photo taken by Zhao Ge) (Xinhua)

URUMQI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Drinking gourd, buckets and giant clay jars -- Nurbiya Aikmu still remembers the various water vessels she had seen at her grandfather's old home as a child.
"In those days, every household had such vessels to hold water, but they are all antique now," said Nurbiya Aikmu, who was born in the 1990s in Payzawat County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

This county was once plagued by a dearth of water resources.

"My grandpa told me that the water he drank was salty and bitter, and the process of transporting water was excruciating, as people had to carry water using poles or donkeys. Water in the lower areas was contaminated and appeared brown or green, while during the dry seasons, the water was full of litter, tadpoles and insects and it must be filtered with gauze before drinking," she recalled.

To ensure the safety of drinking water in the rural areas, Xinjiang has launched a series of major water conservancy projects and has upgraded its water conservancy infrastructure over the past decade.

In May 2020, a drinking water safety project with an investment of 1.75 billion yuan (about 262.3 million U.S. dollars) was completed in Payzawat County. A 1,827-km pipeline network began transporting water to residents across the county. "We are fortunate to have access to clean and pure water," Nurbiya Aikmu said.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), Xinjiang executed more than 1,400 drinking water projects, solving or improving the problem of safe drinking water for 1.52 million rural residents, including those living in desert hinterlands and remote alpine areas.

"Since the government installed smart water meters for each household last year, I can check my water bill and water pipe failure information through my mobile phone," said Mehmut Memet, from Hexie Village in Chasmiqiti Township of Yecheng County.

"Our life has become sweeter as we have access to clean drinking water," added Mehmut Memet, who is among the beneficiaries.

Xinjiang has nearly 1,300 centralized rural water supply projects, providing water to almost 13.2 million people. The tap water penetration rate of the region has reached 97.5 percent, according to the regional drinking water authorities. ■

Wondrous Xinjiang: Access to potable water enhances quality of life in rural Xinjiang

Wondrous Xinjiang: Access to potable water enhances quality of life in rural Xinjiang-

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Kudos for such initiatives. GoC must be commended and emulated for its dedication to eradicate poverty

The village seems very serene and beautiful, hope to visit it one day and experience its beauty

 

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Getting water in old days, long journey on donkey wagon

 

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Safegurarding clean, safe water to every household in remote desert villages in Xinjiang

 

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Clean, safe water in the Xinjiang desert

 

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Water being carried to desert villages from primal glaciers of the Tianshan mountains hundreds of miles away, the most pristine water in the world.

 

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Tens of billions investment, getting water to the heartland of the desert, Altash Water Conservancy Project.

 

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Tens of billions investment, getting water to the heartland of the desert

 

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Evil CCP, genocides the glacier waters and wastes them on poor desert villagers

 

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Haters repeatedly cry about CCP this and CCP that, but when it comes to the single greatest and fastest development and growth in the whole human history, they instantly stop talking about CCP.

 

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Mihrigul Yasen, a staff member of Yutian County Rural Drinking Water Quality Testing Center, tests water samples sent from the water plant.