2017 Guangdong-Guangxi Cooperation Emergency drill was held

In order to further improve the emergency cooperation mechanism of the sudden environmental incident in Guangdong and Guangxi, exercise and enhance the capacity of emergency treatment and disposal in the Xijiang basin, recently, Wuzhou and Zhaoqing were jointly launched 2017 Xijiang basin Guangdong-Guangxi Cooperation emergency environmental incident drill in the Fengkai Country, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province.
 
This drill was simulated when a enterprise was happened the oil leakage in the Guangdong-Guangxi Special Cooperation Test area, the river was emergently appeared large area of oil spill. After received the report, the Wuzhou and Zhaoqing Environmental Emergency Command Center was immediately coordinated linkage, and quickly set up a scene emergency response joint headquarters, and according to the Basin jurisdiction, they carried out the division of labor and closely coopered. The emergency personnel drove the charge boat in the first time, carried out environmental emergency management equipment to rush to the scene, and the used unmanned aerial vehicles and other advanced scientific monitoring means to carry out on-site emergency disposal. Through the lay out of the oil booms, the throwing of oil absorbent mats and the spraying of oil dispersants, they carried out the oil pollution control and removal in the rivers and it was prevented it to spreading into the Xijiang downstream with the flowing waters. With the orderly commencement of the emergency disposal of oil spills, a serious danger which may cause serious water pollution was resolved.
 
This simulation of the actual practice, it was tested the emergency response mechanism and the level of emergency capacity in the upstream and downstream in Xijiang, as well as the practicality and operability of the relevant contingency plans.
 
It was reported that Xijiang River is the common "life source" of Guangdong and Guangxi Port, the autonomous region government has attached great importance to the water environmental security of Xijiang basin for a long time, while maintaining the steady growth of the economy, and actively exploring the coordination mechanism of trans-regional and inter-departmental joint prevention and control, Wuzhou Cangwu County and Hezhou Babu District were successively signed the work plan of environmental defense with Zhaoqing Fengkai Count, they established  Guangdong-Guangxi Environmental Protection joint Common management monitoring and warning center, increased environmental monitoring and supervision, it has achieved good results in the maintenance of the water environmental security in the Xijiang basin.