Kirgiz Reservoir in Shanshan County was a medium-sized reservoir that was hastily launched during the Cultural Revolution, and construction was started before the preliminary work was done well. In the original design, the dam foundation dam was excavated by an inverted well, and then concrete was poured. It was not finished because the coverage was too deep. Gravel dam has accumulated about 30 meters high and has not been compacted. The original design asphalt inclined wall has not yet completed seepage control, and the spillway is on the high side. In the event of a flood, the dam is bound to collapse, threatening the safety of Shanshan county, rural areas along the river and railway airports downstream. The region has been formally submitted to the autonomous region for approval. County leaders and the masses are very anxious. Wang Heting used to be the people's representative of the county. I hope he can find a way to save himself from the dam. However, Wang Heting has been sidelined during the Cultural Revolution and did not ask about this reservoir.
Can a "reactionary technical authority" who stands aside speak effectively? Will it be online again? At this time, Wang Heting felt that if the dam was not treated, the people's hard work for several years would be in vain. Out of a high sense of responsibility for state property and protecting people's enthusiasm for building water conservancy projects, he was willing to take risks and invited Zhang Qingyong, chief engineer of Xinjiang Water Conservancy Design Institute, to the site together. After on-the-spot investigation and analysis, he put forward the scheme of safely crossing the flood season, strengthening treatment and avoiding dam break. The leaders of the autonomous region agreed to the suggestions made by Wang Heting and others, and the local authorities immediately organized emergency construction. The reservoir has not broken its dam and can survive the flood season safely.
In the face of adversity, Wang Heting proposed to build Peacock River Pumping Station twice in1971-kloc-0/974 to replace the original planned Peacock River dredging project, and suggested to stop the water supply from Jiefang First Canal to Peacock River. This proposal was approved by the Ministry of Water Resources, which successfully solved the problem of the management of Bohu Lake and Peacock River. This project is his masterpiece in water control, but he has never won anything for these masterpieces. In his view, as long as the project gives full play to its benefits and can bring benefits to the people, that is his greatest satisfaction. He said that composers, painters, writers, even inventors and scientists can apply for patents for their articles, songs, works and inventions as intellectual property rights, but excellent designs created by water conservancy workers cannot apply for any patents. But as long as it is beneficial to the people and the people are satisfied, it is the highest reward for them. Wang Heting, who is "sidelined", really wants nothing but to continue to contribute to Xinjiang's water conservancy.
"Agricultural Dazhai" was an iron slogan at that time. During the period of 1977, Wang Heting had the opportunity to visit Dazhai, and was moved by the hardworking and entrepreneurial spirit of Dazhai people who turned the hillside into a terrace and turned it into a man-made "small plain". However, he believes that it is very important to learn the spirit of Dazhai, and the specific methods of repairing Dazhai field should be adapted to local conditions and cannot be mechanically copied. He believes that all parts of Xinjiang are alluvial plains, with vast territory and flat land, and there is no need to open mountains for farmland. As for building terraces, Xinjiang generally does not build terraces except some paddy fields. During the "Five Good" construction in Xinjiang, most fields along the slope of the ground have been built, which requires less labor and is convenient for mechanical tillage and irrigation. Especially in Xinjiang, the surface soil is generally very thin, only a few tens of centimeters, and there are Gobi stones below. If we change it into a Dazhai-style horizontal terrace, not only will the soil move greatly, wasting people and money, but also the Gobi stone will be exposed after the topsoil is dug away, making it difficult to cultivate and inconvenient to water and conserve moisture. As for the sloping land in Xinjiang, it is generally suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Some farmland should be returned to trees and forests, and there is no need to turn it into a Dazhai field. After returning from Dazhai, he went to Changji, Shawan, Wusu and other places to investigate and learned that after some counties started to engage in Dazhai farmland, they could no longer water the land. If it is not corrected in time, it will definitely affect the agricultural development in Xinjiang. So he wrote an article entitled "Opinions on how to carry out the basic construction of farmland water conservancy in our region" overnight and sent it to the editorial department of Xinjiang Daily. The newspaper attached great importance to it, and it was immediately published in the second edition of the newspaper the next day, which attracted the attention of the party and government leaders in Xinjiang and all aspects of the region, and the activities of promoting Dazhaitian in Xinjiang stopped. During the Cultural Revolution, Wang Heting was sidelined.
However, Wang Heting, who was sidelined, did not treat Xinjiang water conservancy and those who trusted him with a sidelined attitude.
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