The Gansu Provincial Water Resources Department has coordinated the recharge of more than 30 million cubic meters of water from the Huangzangsi Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Heihe River, increasing the average daily outflow of the reservoir in due course, and making every effort to guarantee the demand for irrigation water in the middle reaches. As of early August, the province had coordinated the allocation of nearly 700 million cubic meters of emergency water for drought relief, of which 120 million cubic meters were in Zhangye City.

The Gansu Provincial Water Resources Department has coordinated the recharge of more than 30 million cubic meters of water from the Huangzangsi Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Heihe River, increasing the average daily outflow of the reservoir in due course, and making every effort to guarantee the demand for irrigation water in the middle reaches. As of early August, the province had coordinated the allocation of nearly 700 million cubic meters of emergency water for drought relief, of which 120 million cubic meters were in Zhangye City.