Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 443 Water shortage
Although Zhou Yi was very unhappy about the Legal Front's behavior of copying his homework, he could not say anything wrong as they were investing in the Mars project in a legitimate way.

In the long run, as a wealthy and powerful entity, the Legal Front is investing real money in Mars, which will be a good thing for the development there.

Zhou Yi quickly focused his attention on more important matters.

The high temperature continued this summer, reaching 40 degrees Celsius at one point. In the wasteland era where the temperature is generally low, this is already a terrifyingly hot summer for the new humans.

What is more troublesome is the lack of water.

Among the five regions of the Development Alliance, only the Tree Monster Territory is slightly better, while other places hardly have rain once in half a month.

This directly caused large-scale water shortage.

Rivers and lakes evaporate rapidly under the scorching sun, and river water levels continue to drop.

The water near the river bottom is extremely turbid, with Dead Sea mud and a large amount of plankton, making it difficult to drink directly. This has led to a serious shortage of water for living and production.

Even though Shagang has several dead sea channels, it still encounters water shortage.

Residents need clean water. The clean water in the reservoir is limited, and it takes longer to clean the heavily polluted low-level water.

Zhou Yi acted decisively and announced a reduction in electricity and manufacturing water use to first ensure residents' drinking water and agricultural water.

Shagang City followed suit, temporarily suspending manufacturing and production to ensure the city's drinking water.

The steelmaking city next door was even more affected. Since the steel industry is a water-intensive industry and requires a lot of water during the production process, nearly half of the local factories had to be shut down.

Fortunately, there is support from the ice cream industry. In the current water shortage and hot weather, the sales of [Love] brand ice drinks have repeatedly broken new records, which can be regarded as a hedge against the heavy blow to the steel industry.

Mr. Ganglian is still in shock: "Fortunately, I am not limited to one pillar industry, otherwise I really don't know how I would have survived this summer."

"To be honest, the sales of this ice drink are increasing every day, which makes the city team feel scared... We did not take the opportunity to adjust the price, and the reputation among customers is very good."

"Thanks to Mr. Zhou for his advice! Otherwise, Fullmetal Alchemy City would have missed out on this great opportunity for iced drinks. Now the economic crisis is serious and a large number of residents are fleeing..."

It changed the subject: "Mr. Zhou, how strong is the hype this time?"

Zhou Yi said: "It's OK, the scale is appropriate, not as exaggerated as before."

"Oh oh oh! Finally succeeded! The social model really requires a lot of data to be fed to get the correct model. From now on, I will fine-tune it according to this parameter standard!"

The owner of the mechanical and electrical sea was very happy.

While the Steel City bucked the trend and rose thanks to its industrial hedge, its neighboring city, Beike City, was in complete trouble.

The local pillar industries are mushroom houses and liquid batteries. Mushroom houses have been rolled out in various places, and the growth has slowed down. The emerging liquid batteries belong to the chemical industry and are a major consumer.

Although Shell City is close to the ocean, it does not have abundant freshwater resources and is highly dependent on a local U-shaped tributary. For this reason, the manufacturing industry is not well-prepared.

There is no Dead Sea Channel built there either.

This summer, local residents are facing severe water shortages.

Fortunately, two days ago, the Wuhu viaduct was built across the sea to connect to Beike City. A large number of reinforced vehicles were carrying buckets of clean water to Beike City, alleviating the urgent need there.

At this point, the three areas of Shagang, Steel Refining City and Beike City were officially connected.

The Shuanghe area, far away from here, is fighting alone.

The drought and lack of rain caused an insect plague there, and swarms of locusts once again wreaked havoc in Harvest City.

Miedinggong hurriedly contacted Zhou Yi: "We have an unprecedented insect swarm here, and the insect disaster is very serious. We urgently need the help of the company's gerbils. Request for support!"

Zhou Yi immediately sent out the mechatronic mouse Nemo, with an army of insect extermination consisting of gerbils and drill rats, and arrived at the Shuanghe area by airship to fight against the local insect swarms.

In this dry and hot summer, the Development League has been affected to a certain extent, but most areas outside have suffered a huge impact.

Water shortage has led to insufficient irrigation for crops, resulting in significant reductions in yields or even total failure of crops such as soybeans and peanuts.

The reduction in agricultural production has led to a shortage of food supply, rising prices, and a shortage of oil and sugar in the market, which has made it difficult to support the demand for floating hearts in various places. As a result, power generation has decreased, making it difficult for electric cats to work.

Water shortages caused sanitary conditions to deteriorate rapidly, and cholera broke out in dozens of cities around the Development Alliance.

Even an old-fashioned sea lord like Ba Gong suffered a large-scale dysentery outbreak in the Baixiao Plateau in his territory, all because of water problems.

in this regard.

Zhou Yi had to admit that the infrastructure of the Mechanical and Electrical City was more complete.

Every mechanical and electrical city has a water storage system, including several large reservoirs, water purification equipment, sewage treatment plants, and groundwater circulation systems.

Some medium and large cities even have artificial rainfall equipment.

When water supply is insufficient, their perfect water circulation system ensures that water use is minimally affected.

Precise control of water flow and water usage also ensures efficient use of water resources with minimal waste.

Small cities like Recursion City also have basic water circulation systems.

Zhou Yi asked Sigma of Recursive City: "Is it possible to replicate the water circulation system of Recursive City in other cities?"

"Chairman, this is certainly possible. However, it requires a series of urban transformation and construction, including the redesign of underground pipelines, the separation of water diversion and sewage, and the reconstruction of water diversion, water purification, and water storage."

This large-scale project almost requires digging up a city and rebuilding its skeleton.

"The data center recommends that we make additional additions based on actual conditions."

It said: "The company has the Dead Sea Channel to divert water. It is low-cost, stable in operation, and can absorb large amounts of water well."

"In terms of water purification, the company's Emerald City and Maria Hospital have this capability. In fact, through them, we can bring in water and purify it, and build underground water pipes to enter residential and production areas."

Zhou Yi slapped his thigh. He was so busy staring at others that he forgot that he also had the advantage of building life.

In addition, the local gerbils that Nemo brought with him are professional plumbers who have been engaged in underground digging and plumbing for hundreds of years.

When it comes back, we can further improve the water use project.

What's more strange is that the Legal Front is doing something, digging everywhere, seemingly developing underground cities and underground space, and doing infrastructure construction during the water shortage season. Drones are patrolling everywhere, mysteriously.

Zhou Yi has been paying close attention to this project of the Legal Front.

You copy me and I copy you!

Don't give me the chance!
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During this period of water shortage, airships delivered various equipment to the Emerald City.

These are all professional devices that Zhou Yi purchased online from Mirror City and Holy Mountain.

Minister of Agriculture Yuan Tong and Da Vinci brought people over to inspect and accept the agricultural and medical equipment and started using them immediately.

At the same time, Shagang ushered in an unprecedented wave of immigration.

A large number of new alien humans came to Shagang by airships. Those who were rich bought or rented mushroom houses to settle down, while those who were short of money set up camp in the wild first.

According to Red Falcon statistics, the number of immigrants this summer alone has reached more than 5000, which is extremely shocking.

Zhou Yi went to Cao Dayuan to ask the reason.

Cao Dayuan is good at handling interpersonal relationships and understands the survival needs and conditions of ordinary people. He is not only the community director of Emerald City, but also the expatriate director of this second five-year plan.

"Chairman, the reason is lack of water, nothing else."

Cao Dayuan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve: "Summer immigrants mainly come from three areas. The Cotton and Linen Land and Glass Castle in the east, and Fanyun City in the west. They add up to more than 3000 people."

Zhou Yi frowned: "These three regions have always been our trading partners and have purchased a large number of our refrigerators and gliders. I remember that their economies are not bad. Does the water shortage have such a big impact on them?"

"It may not have much impact on the city, but it will be fatal to ordinary new humans."

Cao Dayuan sighed: "I have talked to many of them and confirmed the actual situation through various channels."

"The cotton and flax fields have experienced water shortages in the past, but never such a long drought as this year. The high temperature of 38 degrees lasted for more than two months."

"There is not enough irrigation and shade there, and the yield has been greatly reduced. The lord of the sea ordered farmers and refugees to do manual irrigation to save the situation, which resulted in many people suffering from heat stroke and heat illness. Many people fainted, had convulsions, and had their brains burned out."

"If they disobey orders, they will be caught by the territorial sea master and won't be able to survive, so some of them flee to us."

"Glassburg's main industry is the manufacture of various glassware, which requires a lot of water, mainly for cooling, cleaning and raw material processing."

His voice was a little hoarse.

Zhou Yi handed him a bottle of soda water.

"No hurry, sit down and talk slowly."

"Thank you, Chairman."

Cao Dayuan unscrewed the bottle cap, gulped down a big gulp, and then continued: "There are a lot of glass workers over there, as well as some temporary workers and errand boys. The workers are well paid, so they stay. Those who come here are temporary workers and errand boys."

"They are here because the water quality there is problematic. Many people had stomachaches after drinking it, and there were worms in their feces. At night, they could feel something moving around in their stomachs. This made them scared and anxious."

"The local doctors could only prescribe some anthelmintics, but they were useless. I asked Dean Da Vinci, who had diagnosed and treated several patients there, and he said it was because they had swallowed a large amount of plankton."

"Even in boiling water, some Dead Sea plankton can survive. The amount of plankton in the water over in Glass Castle is seriously excessive, causing damage to the digestive system and internal organs if swallowed."

"There's nothing we can do about it. There's only so much water. The good surface water is given priority to the glass workers. The second-rate temporary workers and errand boys can only drink the dirty water at the bottom of the river."

"So this group of people also came here to work and seek medical treatment. They knew that they might not survive this summer in the Glass Castle."

Zhou Yi felt a little heavy-hearted after hearing this.

The cost of any disaster will always be passed on to the vast majority of ordinary people.

Although Wasteland Corporation has done a lot in recent years and driven changes in many regions, it is still far from enough.

"The last one is Fanyun City."

"The environment there is unique. The terrain is high and surrounded by clouds all year round. People live in the mountains. It is also Gongsun Bao's hometown."

Cao Dayuan said: "The people from Fanyun City came here because of the drought. There was no water and the mountains were all dry and cracked. In addition, Gongsun Bao is now a little famous, so they all came here."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Lao Cao, you should do a good job in resettlement and try to help them solve their employment problems. Only with a job can they live in peace."

"I know that, Chairman."

Cao Dayuan grinned and said, "Now all departments are very short of manpower. People from the cotton and linen fields can apply for jobs at the Ministry of Agriculture. Most of them know how to farm."

"People from Glass Castle can go to the construction site of the Ministry of Electricity, where they need a lot of glass to make curved houses. People from Fanyun City can build houses, use stones and do engineering, so following Gongsun Bao is a good way to go."

"Chairman, there is someone in this group who has special abilities."

"That man's name is Xiao Chu, and he's a tailor. The clothes he makes can make the wearer the focus of the crowd. Even the Guangna people like to wear his clothes and let him make them."

Monster tailor?

Zhou Yi became interested: "Bring him over here, I'll talk to him."

(End of this chapter)