Well, that's a relief!
A mountain village in Shanxi province is washing away the worry of droughts with a new water source that will provide fresh, clean water for generations to come.
By ZHANG LEI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2019-12-07 09:00
The difficulty in storing and finding water has made it especially cherished. Every household in Nanling has several large water tanks. When it rains and snows, the villagers put the pots and pans under the eaves to collect it and then fill the water tanks and dry wells.
When it comes to drought season, most of the dry wells in the village quickly became just that and villagers had to pick up buckets and descend into the ravine to find water. Under the leadership of the Party branch and village cadres, residents searched for water sources, dug dry wells, and set up ways to catch rain, trying everything in the "fight" for water.
In the 1960s and 1970s, in order to solve the problem, the government sent water conservancy experts to carry out exploration who concluded that the geological structure didn't allow for a large amount of groundwater.
After bearing the weight of this conclusion like a "heavy hammer" on their hearts, in 2017, they decided to build a deep well to finally solve the problem of constant water shortages. Villagers enthusiastically donated money for the drilling.
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