Water shortages in China, Zhejiang is surprised to see "water supply by ticket"

Reporter : Han Mei / Editor : Yuan Mingqing / https://www.soundofhope.org/post/463973 / Direct translation

Suspected of being affected by energy supply shortages, following the lack of electricity, many cities in China are experiencing "water shortages" at the same time. Some villages and towns in Yueqing City, Zhejiang were forced to get water by ticket due to the water suspension. According to the "Apple Daily", Li'ao Village, Nanyue Town, Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, has recently had intermittent water supply and even a temporary stop. The deputy director of the village said, “The village spent 10,000 Yuan (RMB) to buy 4 large buckets and transported 20 tons of water from Dajing Town every day”, but this was far from enough for the whole village. The first water was taken a few days ago. There was chaos at times, and there was a situation of water grabs. Therefore, the village committee decided to issue a "water ticket", requiring villagers to take water with the ticket. Hongqiao Town, Yueqing City also has the same problem. There are 9 water buckets on the street to fill water. A reporter from the newspaper called several local hotels in Yueqing. The staff confirmed that the villagers’ residences were implementing measures for water supply on odd days and water production on even days, but emphasized that water production measures would only affect local villagers and would not affect commercial water supply. The staff also said that local restaurants and hotels have water storage tanks for water. In addition to Zhejiang, the Longgang District of Shenzhen also suffered from insufficient water supply. Some residents pointed out that the water supply has been intermittent for most of the past six months, and it is necessary to prepare large buckets of water at home for emergencies. Some people even pointed out that the water was basically stopped in the past week, and there was only a small amount of tap water supply for 1 to 2 hours a day, and they had been unable to take a bath for 3 days. The report believes that although the official explanation is that there is a "water shortage" due to drought and low rainfall, the actual reason may be related to the reduction of water pressure by local authorities to save electricity. Since the end of last year, China’s Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong provinces, and even parts of Beijing and Shanghai have experienced power outages. This is a large-scale blackout that China has not seen in recent years. Until the beginning of January this year, half of China suffered a tyrannical cold wave, and many places in Beijing and Shandong had power outages at minus 17°C and minus 20°C, respectively, causing the people of the country to cry "frozen to cry". Analysts believe this is related to the Chinese Communist Party's retaliation against Australia and the suspension of coal imports from that country.