Gongping Reservoir is a national large-scale reservoir for comprehensive utilization of water resources. Built in June 1959 and June 10. It is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, one of the four major water systems in Haifeng, with Gongping Town in the west, Pingdong Town in the east and Huang Qiang Town in the north. Gongping market 1 km in the west, Guangshan highway1km in the south and Haifeng county 65438 km. It's 40 kilometers to Shanwei city. The reservoir project directly defends the safety of 300,000 people's lives and property and 20,000 hectares of farmland facilities downstream, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of supplying water for urban industries and 300,000 urban residents in Shanwei, Gongping, Tangke and Chikeng. The designed irrigated farmland area 14466.67 hectares, irrigated farmland 1 1200 hectares, accounting for 40% of the county's farmland area; The installed capacity is 3 140 kW, and the annual designed power generation is 600 kWh. The Reservoir Party Committee and Management Office have jurisdiction over a large irrigation area, a rural administrative area, a medium-sized reservoir and m small reservoirs, with a population of 2,242. Since the completion of the reservoir, it has exerted great safety, economic and social benefits in eradicating the flood of the Yellow River, protecting the safety of the country and people's lives and property, and industrial and agricultural production, economic construction and people's lives in Haifeng County and Shanwei City.
The rainwater collection area of the reservoir project is 3 17 square kilometers, accounting for 4 1.9% of the total area of the Yellow River basin and 64% of the hilly area in the north of Haifeng. It was once a scourge and abused Haifeng. Dongping River, Nanmen River, Songlin River, Huangqiang River and Xikeng River in the upper reaches of the Yellow River converge in one reservoir. The total length of the dam is 6 147 m, the designed total storage capacity is 338 million cubic meters, the normal storage capacity is 65,438+63 million cubic meters, and the annual water output is 400-700 million cubic meters. The 60-kilometer-long main canal, such as flying silver satin, crosses mountains and mountains, passes through Gongping, Chengdong, Tangke, Taohe and Chikeng, reaches Tung Chung, Tiangan and Langting in the urban area, and winds into the southeast coastal areas.