JOURNAL OF YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTI ›› 2010, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (10): 1-4.

• HEALTHY CHANGJIANG RIVER •     Next Articles

Reasons of Low Water Level Occurrence in Xiangjiang River in Resent Years and Relief Measures

CHEN Jin, HUANG Wei   

  1. Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute,Wuhan 430010,China
  • Online:2010-10-01 Published:2012-08-31

Abstract:  For climatic change and human activity influence, ultra low water levels in Xiangjiang River presents continuously in recent years, there is serious influence on production and domestic water use for city groups of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. This article has analyzed the reasons of the ultra low water level appearance. According to the potential of the local water supply, water use and of saving water, some proposes on engincering and non- engincering measures to solve drought and water shortage were put forward. The research results indicated that the basin little rainfall amount is most primary cause for ultra low water level in Xiangjiang River. The human activity influence is complex. As soon as the synthesis measures are used, the low water level and drought in Xiangjiang River can be solved.

Key words: drought of Xiangjiang River  , drought relief management , Dongjiang Reservoir

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