Chapter 1243: You Did Very Well

Lu Zhenghong's expression became serious: "Xinghui, do you really think his point of view is correct? That a big flood will occur in the Changjiang River Basin within a few years?"

Su Xinghui nodded solemnly: "Yes, I am sure, because what he said makes a lot of sense. Since the big flood of '54, land reclamation from lakes in the Changjiang River Basin has caused the lake and pond area to decrease significantly, and the water storage capacity has dropped sharply. In fact, the flood last year had much less water than the one in '54, but the water level almost reached the highest water level of '54. This is a dangerous signal."

Lu Zhenghong is, of course, very clear about the status quo of land reclamation from lakes. He knows that what Su Xinghui said is correct, and he nodded with a heavy expression.

Su Xinghui said: "Another reason is that the forest coverage rate in the middle and upper reaches of the Changjiang River is declining day by day, and soil and water conservation work has not been done well, leading to higher and higher sediment content in the Changjiang River, and the riverbed is getting higher and higher. In this way, the water level naturally rises year by year. Now it has basically reached a critical point. As long as there is a year with more rainfall, it may trigger a big flood or even a super-big flood."

The problem of soil and water conservation is also a very serious problem in China at the current stage. Since the founding of the People's Republic, China has cut down countless forests. The reason why the Yellow River is called the Yellow River is because there are no forests on the Loess Plateau to maintain soil and water, allowing loess to enter the Yellow River. The riverbed of the Yellow River has been raised after thousands of years of elevation, becoming a hanging river.

And the current Changjiang River also has this trend. Lu Zhenghong, of course, can see it too. The water of the Changjiang River is also getting yellower day by day. If this continues, it will become China's second Yellow River.

Su Xinghui said: "And now the global climate is becoming more and more abnormal, especially the El Niño phenomenon, which has occurred more and more frequently in the last ten years. The El Niño phenomenon may bring big typhoons and big rainstorms, and they are continuous big rainstorms. If this climate phenomenon occurs in the next few years, the existing Changjiang main embankment will obviously not be able to withstand it."

Lu Zhenghong frowned. The scene described by Su Xinghui made him feel deeply shocked. He is not an expert in water conservancy, but he has been a grassroots official for many years and is not unfamiliar with water conservancy. Su Xinghui spoke with clear logic, organized structure, and well-founded arguments. The scene he described is very likely to happen.

Thinking that if a super-big flood occurred, and the water level even exceeded '54, and Qingyang City used that embankment mixed with bamboo strips to resist such a flood, Lu Zhenghong felt a chill.

If Qingyang City really had a major accident of embankment breaching, causing major casualties and property losses, these provincial leaders would all be held accountable. Even if they were not implicated, with Lu Zhenghong's character, he could not allow such a thing to happen.

At this moment, Lu Zhenghong felt deeply fortunate that it was Su Xinghui who uncovered this corruption case in Qingyang City, giving the province a chance to remedy it.

Lu Zhenghong nodded: "Okay, you notify Weng Guoying after you go back and let him come to the province to see me. I want to talk to him in person."

Su Xinghui nodded happily: "I will notify him after I go back."

When Su Xinghui was in Qingxi County, he did talk to Weng Guoying about this problem, and Weng Guoying did believe that a super-big flood might occur in the Changjiang River Basin in recent years. After talking to him, Su Xinghui became more firm and perfected his point of view.

Weng Guoying is more professional in water conservancy. Letting him talk to provincial leaders in person will make it easier to convince provincial leaders to accept this point of view.

If preparations can be made in advance for the super-big flood of '98 to reduce some casualties and property losses, that would be a work of immeasurable merit. ===== CHAPTER 1245 =====