Ban Ve Hydropower Plant increases discharge to supply water to downstream areas

In recent days, due to difficulties in water resources, hundreds of hectares of rice in Thanh Chuong and Do Luong districts have not been able to produce rice even though it is the planting season.

On February 1, after inspecting the actual situation, the leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development directly worked with Ban Ve Hydropower Company on increasing the water discharge flow to facilitate the operation of pumps along Lam River, providing timely water for land preparation and spring rice planting.

On the morning of February 1, Ru Nguoc Pumping Station (Thanh Chuong) could not operate due to the Lam River's water level being too low. Photo: Phu Huong

It is known that with the current actual water level of Ban Ve hydroelectric reservoir, the discharge level according to the normal process is 80-90 m.³/s, and this is also the discharge level that Ban Ve Hydropower Company has implemented in recent days.

Mr. Phung Thanh Vinh, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: According to the request of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, from the night of February 1, Ban Ve Hydropower Plant will increase the discharge flow to nearly double the current discharge level.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected the water situation at Do Luong bara to direct water regulation between the two irrigation systems. Photo: Phu Huong

“Since before Tet, the water level on Lam River has been too low. Although pumping stations along the river have added suction pipes, localities have mobilized human resources and dredged canals to improve irrigation capacity, irrigation work is still very difficult because the water level is too low, the pumps are almost unable to operate,” said Mr. Phung Thanh Vinh.