On November 30, in Tra Vinh, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People's Committee of Tra Vinh province held a conference to deploy drought and saltwater intrusion prevention and control work, ensuring agricultural production and people's lives in the 2023-2024 dry season in the Mekong Delta region.
The saltwater prevention sluice in Vung Liem District (Vinh Long) helps protect irrigation water sources for local agriculture when salinity levels rise.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the dry season of 2023 - 2024, the total flow from the upper Mekong River (Kratie station - Cambodia) to the lower Mekong Delta is likely to be 5 - 10% lower than the average of many years (TBNN). The water level of the upper Mekong River fluctuates with the tide with a gradual downward trend.
Therefore, the saline intrusion in the dry season of 2023 - 2024 will come earlier and higher than the average, at some points there is a possibility of local water shortages due to deep saline intrusion. The time of saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta estuaries may appear from December 2023, in which high saline intrusion is concentrated in February and March 2024; especially in the Vam Co and Cai Lon rivers in March, April and May 2024.
Mr. Nguyen Quynh Thien, Vice Chairman of Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Quynh Thien, Vice Chairman of Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee, said that in the face of increasingly complicated drought and saltwater intrusion, the province has developed scenarios with a salinity boundary of 4‰, penetrating more than 50 km from the river mouth to deploy response solutions when situations arise.
Tra Vinh province also promotes the conversion of crop structure, monitors forecasts and water resource developments of specialized agencies, builds appropriate production schedules, mobilizes people to comply with the schedules, sow seeds simultaneously according to plans, encourages the selection of crop and livestock varieties suitable for the season and able to cope with climate change. At the same time, strengthens the work of measuring and checking salinity on rivers, canals, key works, water plants to operate irrigation works to take and store water reasonably, effectively, and appropriately in each stage... Thereby, people have been more active and proactive in preparing to respond to drought and salinity right from the beginning of the dry season, contributing to significantly reducing damage caused by salinity intrusion.
Conference on implementing drought and saltwater intrusion prevention and control work, ensuring agricultural production and people's livelihood in the 2023-2024 dry season in the Mekong Delta region
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, suggested that localities proactively have specific solutions, suitable for each locality, to minimize damage, protect agricultural production and people's lives, especially ensuring domestic water for people.
In addition to urgent solutions to deal with the current drought and saltwater intrusion situation, long-term solutions should be considered, considering drought and saltwater intrusion as regular characteristics of the region to develop economic development scenarios suitable to water resources conditions. For projects being invested and constructed with the goal of preventing and combating drought and saltwater intrusion, it is necessary to speed up the construction progress to put them into operation and use immediately in the dry season of 2023 - 2024.
Mr. Hiep also suggested that localities do better in disseminating information to people so that they are fully aware of the serious impacts of drought and saltwater intrusion, proactively take measures to store water, especially household water storage, and raise awareness of using water economically and effectively; support people in converting crop and livestock structures to suit drought and water shortage conditions...
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