Songkran Festival

Songkran : There are Songkran in Thailand, Songkran in Myanmar, Songkran in Laos, Songkran in Cambodia, and of course in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.

Dirty Water Splashing Festival : Originated in Laga Town, Qinghai in 2021, the time is the entire August of each year (but due to the epidemic and other reasons, it has to be postponed later). Every August, they will drive the "dirty water truck" to all parts of the country, using the dirty water specializing in Laga Town (the local residents have been drinking dirty water for more than ten years), in order to spread rumors on the Internet or offline. , Those who have been slandered, slandered and maliciously slandered, for those who have been splashed with dirty water, come back with a pot of "dirty water", present the truth in the form of negation and negation, and rectify the name of those who have been splashed with dirty water .

To rectify the name of the stigmatized person : We will film the whole process, including the moment when we splashed "dirty water", and tell the person who was splashed with dirty water about his experience of being splashed with dirty water, trying to help the stigmatized person Correct name.

Why initiate the "Dirty Water Festival" : We also hope that through the Dirty Water Festival, the dirty water that Qinghai Lajia Town has been drinking for more than ten years can be clarified, and we also try to expose and change more villages that drink dirty water.

Investigation on Water Pollution Incident in Laga Town, Qinghai

The Sanjiangyuan Reserve, known as the "Asian Water Tower"

but no clean water to drink

The three river sources are intertwined with large and small snow-capped mountains, streams, swamps, and lakes, forming the source of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Lancang River. It is an important water source in my country and even in Asia. It is said that the living water has been flowing for thousands of years.

Lajia Town is located in Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It is the core protection area of the Three Rivers Source and the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Compared with other areas in Guoluo, the climate here is warm and the environment is pleasant. It is known as the "Small Jiangnan".

But tourists passing through Laga Town commented: "The town is small, with few hotels, high prices, and poor facilities. The water released is the color of the Yellow River. "

I seem to understand

Many people on the Internet asked: "Why do Tibetans like to drink Coke so much?"

Just like alcohol is the best friend of Russians, in Tibetan areas, cola is the most popular drink. In the world, Tibetan areas are undoubtedly one of the regions with the highest per capita consumption of cola. Why are Tibetans so crazy about Coke? There are many answers to this ultimate question.

Someone said: "We didn't choose Coke, it was Coke that chose us."

Someone said: "Oxygen is scarce in high-altitude Tibetan areas, and for a shepherd, nothing is more refreshing than a bottle of Coke."

Someone said: "Coke is the brother of butter tea."

Someone even said: "It's because Coke has the effect of whitening teeth, so the Tibetans you see are very white."

With huge doubts, when I was in the town of Raja in the Tibetan area, I turned on the faucet... Looking at the tap water with its own sediment, I seemed to understand a little, why is Coke so popular here!

Drinking water may exceed the standard of heavy metals: good news in 2012, but also can not solve the problem of rust and aging of water pipes installed in 1988

Around 1988, a metal water pipe was laid in Laga Town, and tap water was passed through. It is said that the water quality was clear and the water supply was sufficient at that time, and there were few phenomena such as interruption of water supply. However, since 2000, the permanent population of Laga Town has increased, the original metal pipes have aged and rusted, and residents are worried that heavy metals in drinking water will exceed the standard. In addition, due to poor management, drinking water supply is often interrupted.

According to Qinghai Daily in 2015 in "Laga Town in the Bend of the Yellow River": "In 2012, good news came to the people of Laga once again", "the moral project of strengthening the town and enriching the people" "covers the water pipes of the whole town" network construction”.

However, in 2012, "the construction of the water pipe network covering the whole town" did not completely eliminate the metal water pipes, but only replaced some of them. Thousands of residents on the beach in Laga Town still drink water from the old metal water pipes. In all, these metal water pipes have been used for more than 30 years.

Some urban construction experts said that in cities or towns, most of the pollution of tap water comes from the water pipes themselves (mainly cast iron pipes and galvanized pipes), and the service life is generally about 20 years. It is easy to fall off, and a large amount of rust is generated in the pipe. The outflowing yellow water not only pollutes the sanitary ware, but also is mixed with bacteria that grow on the uneven inner wall.

Shocking water sources:

Plastic waste, animal waste, turbidity

Above the water source, there are more than 20 households of herdsmen within a radius of 5 kilometers. The production waste and domestic waste of these herdsmen are not completely standardized. At the water source, you can see plastic bottles, shoes and plastic safety helmets washed down by the upstream stream. and other pollutants. Even the rubbish piled up by herdsmen also includes expired veterinary preventive medicines, which are in large quantities and highly toxic. They are all buried by herdsmen on the spot. When the flood comes, it is very likely to be washed into the drinking water pipeline and cause secondary damage.

In addition, wild dogs and wild animals that are active around Laga Town have their feces left near the water source; the direct pollution of the water source by these feces increases the risk of human beings suffering from hydatid disease and other high-risk infectious diseases .

The creek above the water source is turbid when it rains and clear when it is sunny, but no matter what the water quality of the stream is, the source of the water is always turbid, because a lot of sediment has accumulated at the source for many years, and these sediments run down the pipeline to Dala. Thousands of families in Calgary Township, as well as Lagar Township Middle School.

All the mud and sand, the electrical strikes: the drinking water of the whole town can be extracted from a brick every day

Since 2013, the tap water of residents in Laga Town has been seriously turbid and polluted, which directly threatens the safety of drinking water in the Laga Town area. In addition, the water supply is often interrupted, and sometimes even sewage is not available, which seriously affects the production and life of residents in Laga Town, and also poses a potential threat to the health and safety of Laga Town residents.

In 2012, the government planned and constructed the water supply system in Laga town for the third time (actually four times). And the county leader at the time said: "If the water supply in Laga Town can't be solved, it will not be the county head." However, the new water supply system still does not have a water filtration system, the water quality is worse, and the water is frequently cut off. But to no avail.

Due to the serious pollution of water quality caused by a large amount of sediment and other pollutants, the electric water heaters and electric showers in some residents' homes have been damaged due to too much sedimentation of debris. There are even local residents looking for water purifier brands to buy water purifiers. The boss said that for dirty water like Laga, a water purifier of 30,000 yuan should be equipped. Local residents asked if 30,000 could be done? The owner of the water purifier said there is no guarantee. He said that he would need to replace three filter elements a month, but in the end the local residents did not dare to spend 30,000 yuan on it.

Local residents said: In the whole town, the soil deposited in the tap water every day can burn a brick!

Drinking water is not disinfected

Or because of dirty water, many people in the town got stones

The drinking water source for thousands of local residents and the middle school in Laga Town is the same water source. Although the local government spent more than one million yuan to build the drinking water system for the residents, because the drinking water supply system did not build disinfection facilities such as water filter towers, but Directly connecting the polluted water to the water supply system, coupled with the increase of population near the water source and the poor management of the water source, etc., the tap water in the residents' homes is sometimes muddy water, sometimes black-gray sewage or yellow-green sewage, and Cow dung or sheep dung and other contaminants are often found in tap water, which seriously threatens the health of residents of Laga Town. Many residents suffer from kidney stones and gallstones, which we highly suspect are related to drinking water.

According to the World Health Organization survey, 80% of the diseases in the world and 50% of the deaths of children in the world are related to the water quality of drinking water. Diseases caused by poor drinking water quality: digestive diseases, infectious diseases, various skin diseases, diabetes, Cancer, stone disease, cardiovascular disease can reach more than 50 kinds. As a result of water pollution, 50 million children die every year, 35 million suffer from cardiovascular disease, 70 million suffer from stone disease, 90 million suffer from hepatitis, and 30 million die from liver cancer and stomach cancer. One in six people in the world get sick and die from drinking water that contains various harmful substances.

Many local residents also said: "I'm really worried. In the past, the water in the Yellow River was much cleaner than the current drinking water. Now we have no choice. It's the same thing if you drink it, and it's the same thing if you don't drink it. "

In order to have clean water to drink, people do everything possible: buy imported bottled water, use motorcycles to pull spring water, install water purifiers...

Some local people buy mineral water to drink every day, and the bottles are piled up on a wall.

Some people buy bottled water from other places. There are some people who specialize in selling this water. Maybe a 50-pound bucket. Five dollars a barrel.

Some people settle out the sediment from the tap water first. For them, buying water is too expensive and a huge expense, and they can only drink precipitation tap water.

There are also people who go to remote places to fetch spring water. In the past, they used donkeys, mules, or carried them back. Now they use cars or motorcycles, but this method of fetching water is also very troublesome.

Some people, even though they know that the water purifier will be blocked by mud soon, and the filter element should be replaced at least once a month, they still have no choice but to install a water purifier, which looks cleaner.

Who is responsible for the 1422 students who drink dirty water for a long time?

Who is responsible for township residents who drink dirty water for a long time?

In addition to thousands of residents in Laga Town, 1,422 students in Laga Town also drink unsafe water directly without filtration, which seriously threatens their health and safety. Laga Town Middle School is a boarding system, boarding for 14 days, never leaving the school, all drinking water is provided at the school. Stay for 14 days, take a three-and-a-half-day vacation to go home, and stay for another 14 days next time.

Local residents are very worried, saying: "Our generation is like this, but what about our children? Do they have a future for drinking such dirty water?"

outside the number

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Former Party Secretary of Xiula Village, Gouli Township, Dulan County, Qinghai Province

Occupy collective land to build cattle farms and smoke the whole village

According to reports from local villagers, two or three years ago, there was a piece of land collectively owned by the village. Without the collective consent, it was occupied by Erjin, the former village secretary of Xiula Village, who had been in office for many years. Small cattle farm.

The opinions of the villagers are mainly in four aspects:

1. Occupation of 3,300 square meters of village collective land without the collective consent of the villagers.

2. No environmental impact assessment report was made for the construction of a small-scale cattle farm.

3. According to the environmental protection requirements of the farm, the construction of the farm in the countryside should be located in the downwind position of the main wind direction of the village all the year round, in order to prevent the odor from being blown into the village and polluting the village.

Fourth, it is too close to residential areas. The cattle farm is surrounded by houses. The nearest resident is only separated by a wall, about 0.3 meters.

The villagers all said: "The staff of the township government also came. First, they said that this was illegal, and second, the forage was very dangerous (for fear of burning). But in the end, they couldn't control it."

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Follow the Qinghai Guoluo water pollution incident and pay attention to the 90 million water quality renovation project⎮Heavy metal country tour outside No. 2021

2021-11-12: Investigation on water pollution incident in Laga Town, Qinghai (click to read)

2021-11-12: Sanjiangyuan Guoluo Prefecture, the last time the drinking water quality was disclosed or the last time? (click to read)

2021-11-23: Qinghai Sanjiangyuan, has the polluted drinking water source started to be treated? (click to read)

2021-11-25: Qinghai Guoluo government responded as follows

Link:

http://www.guoluo.gov.cn/html/106/308885.html

Despite the positive response from the Golok government, there are still plenty of questions:

1. When will the state-wide drinking water safety information in Guoluo Prefecture be released regularly? Including drinking water source water quality monitoring information, water supply unit water supply water quality information, and user tap water quality monitoring information.

2. How will the 90 million yuan for water quality improvement be spent? When will the specific renovation plan be announced?

3. Can the extensive water quality assessment method of "looking, smelling, asking, tasting" in the old Chinese medicine style ensure the safety of drinking water for today's complex herdsmen in Qinghai?

Link: http://slsdw.com/news/read.aspx?id=1071

Friends who are concerned about the pollution of Qinghai Sea, if you want to supervise and promote the improvement of water quality together. You can call the supervision telephone number announced by Qinghai Guoluo: 0975-8382069