The bidding results for the feasibility study stage survey, design, and related thematic preparation services of the highly anticipated Pinglu Irrigation District project have been officially announced, and Guangxi Water Resources and Electric Power Survey and Design Research Institute has successfully won the bid. This marks a crucial step forward in the preliminary work of a major water conservancy project with a total estimated investment of 6.908 billion yuan. As an important comprehensive utilization project of the Pinglu Canal, it will provide valuable water resources for over one million acres of farmland and villages along the canal, injecting new vitality into regional agricultural development.

Over 6.9 billion investment benefiting four counties and districts

The Pinglu Irrigation Area Project has been included in multiple national and autonomous region level important plans, and is a large-scale water conservancy project with the goal of intensive and economical utilization of water resources. The project covers four counties and districts in Qinzhou City, including Qinnan District, Qinbei District, Lingshan County, and Pubei County. The total designed irrigation area of the project is 1.034 million mu, including 232000 mu of improved irrigation area and 628000 mu of newly added or restored irrigation area. The project is classified as Grade II and belongs to a large-scale irrigation area.

Building a modern and efficient water supply network

The engineering construction content is systematic and extensive, aiming to build a modern and efficient water supply network. This mainly includes the construction of 7 backbone water source pump stations, 4 reservoir regulation pump stations, and 6 water pipeline lifting and pressurization pump stations. In terms of water transmission system, 9 backbone water transmission trunk lines with a total length of 187.79 kilometers will be constructed, 81 branch lines with a total length of 267.10 kilometers will be built, and 9 existing channels with a total length of 61.41 kilometers will be continued and renovated. Keywords: Water Conservancy News and Information, Water Conservancy News Network

Supporting the Canal Economic Belt and Agricultural Development

The Pinglu Irrigation Area is a key supporting and comprehensive utilization part of the Century Project Pinglu Canal. It will effectively utilize the abundant water between the canal's shipping cascades and transform it into an important water source for agricultural irrigation and urban-rural water supply. After the implementation of the project, not only can it significantly enhance the comprehensive agricultural production capacity of relevant areas in Qinzhou, ensure food security, but it is also an important infrastructure support for implementing the overall plan of the Pinglu Canal Economic Belt, improving the layout of Guangxi's water network, promoting rural revitalization and regional coordinated development, with far-reaching social, economic and ecological benefits.Editor/Gao Xue