Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-12

Defense Horizons | Loyal Guardians of the 'Great Water Well'

国防视野丨“大水井”上的忠诚守护

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“大水井”上的忠诚守护 ■蔡国夫解放军报特约通讯员陈一琛 5月的湖北丹江口水库，碧波万顷，水鸟翔集。清晨，一艘挂着“民兵南水北调守井连”旗帜的巡逻船从码头缓缓驶出，连长齐华辉站在船头，带队开启新一天的巡逻。齐华辉的手里捏着一本普法宣传小册子。“巡逻到哪里，普法就讲到哪里。”齐华辉说，前不久，我国颁布生态环境法典，对水源地保护提出更严要求。作为南水北调中线工程的核心水源区和坝区所在地，丹江口水库的一草一木、一库碧水，直接关系到人民饮水安全，因此被形象地称为“大水井”。对于守井连民兵来说，守好这口“井”是他们的使命。小船行至一处库湾，岸边有村民正在整理田地。民兵班长李俊跳下船，掏出宣传册走了过去。 “老陈，忙着呢？给你带了份‘精神食粮’。”李俊指着上面的文字，解释道，“库区消落区以后可不能种菜了，法典写得明明白白。咱丹江口的水，北上千里都不停，源头可不能含糊。” 村民陈理接过小册子看了看，点点头：“你们天天在库区转，喇叭里也播，这些事我记着呢。” 去年4月，守井连接到群众举报，有外省船只进入库区非法捕捞。李俊带领几名民兵驾船赶赴现场，依法登船检查。检查过程中，船只突然发动，企图逃窜。李俊一个踉跄跌入水中，但他凭借过硬水性，几个猛子便游回船边。浑身湿透的他顾不上喘口气，与队友合力将船只控制住。民兵南水北调守井连的前身，是丹江口市民兵应急连，全员都是退役军人。更名之后，民兵守水护水的使命更清晰。对他们来说，守水不是一句口号，而是融入每一天的起航、每一次的劝阻、每一公里的巡查。守井连组建1年来，累计巡查里程超2万公里。去年夏天，丹江口市遭遇城市内涝。守井连民兵蹚着齐腰深的积水，挨家挨户敲门，转移受灾群众。洪水退去，民兵又投入清淤清运工作。此外，守井连还与库区综合执法大队、水利、林业等部门建立联动机制，形成“民兵巡查+部门执法”协作模式。民兵负责一线巡查和现场劝阻，发现违法行为第一时间固定证据，执法部门随后介入。齐华辉说，这套机制运行下来，最大的好处是“反应快、管得住”。夕阳西下，巡逻船调头返航。齐华辉站在船头，望着这片生活了40多年的水域感慨地说：“丹江口人祖祖辈辈靠水吃水，现在这口‘大水井’滋润着更多的人。守着这库水，就是守着我们的生命线。”

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A PLA Daily feature profiles the Militia South-to-North Water Diversion Well-Guard Company, a veteran-staffed militia unit based in Danjiangkou City, Hubei, that conducts reservoir patrols, environmental law enforcement support, and flood-response operations at Danjiangkou Reservoir—the headwaters of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Central Route Project. The unit's integration into a formal coordination mechanism with civilian water resources, forestry, and law enforcement agencies illustrates the PLA's use of militia formations to extend state capacity into critical infrastructure protection roles that fall outside conventional military missions. The article is routine propaganda but is useful as documentation of how militia units are being tasked and structured around infrastructure security, a function that receives less analytic attention than militia roles in maritime or cyber domains.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "国防视野丨“大水井”上的忠诚守护." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-12. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16460046.html.

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