Presenter
Mr. Guifang Peng1
Co-author(s)
Mr. Guifang Peng1, Mr. Jianshu He1, Mr. Qing Wu1
1. YUNNAN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COMPANYLIMITED
Sub-theme
2. Promoting Water Efficiency, Productivity and Services
Topic
2-3. Agricultural/Irrigation water and other rural water systems for livelihood improvement
Body
Abstract: The safety of rural water supply is crucial for the well-being, health, and safety of the people residing in these areas. Constructing rural water supply projects is a fundamental task to implement the rural revitalization strategy, which is of great significance to the government and the Party. Within the context of rural revitalization and integrated development of culture and tourism, the cultural landscape of Pu'er Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Garden is China's sole project in the 2022 declaration of world cultural heritage. As a participant in the infrastructure upgrading and reconstruction project, the author is honored to be involved in the construction site located at the core traditional village of the ancient tea garden in Jingmai Mountain, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province. This construction project shares common characteristics of rural water supply engineering projects in southwest mountainous areas, such as ethnic diversity, dispersed populations, complex terrain, and substantial altitude differences. These projects usually face challenges related to small construction scale, high difficulty level, and high investment. Despite the industry development trend of urban and rural water supply integration, centralized water supply can have limitations in rural water supply projects in southwest mountainous areas. As a beneficial supplement, the distributed decompression pool water supply method can be used alongside the centralized water supply method, enabling the effective combination of their respective advantages. This paper examines the factors that need to be considered when developing a rural water supply construction plan, such as terrain height differences, water source guarantee, user distribution, residents' wishes, and operation and maintenance. The traditional village water supply project in Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Garden in Pu'er serves as an example, and an in-depth analysis of its implementation is presented. The extensive application of similar rural water supply projects in the southwest mountainous area has proven to be a beneficial practice. The implementation of this project has solved the problem of drinking water for local villagers, and with the continued investment of governments at all levels in the construction of agricultural and rural water conservancy facilities, public water services in the vast mountainous areas of Southwest China will continue to improve. This will greatly improve the quality of life for villagers and better meet their growing needs for a better life.