深秋时节，一个个水泡从河北省邢台市经济开发区武家庄村村北的地下钻出来，汩汩喷涌，叮咚作响，汇聚成300亩波光粼粼的天然湖泊。
In late autumn, the bubbles came out from underground in the north of Wujiazhuang Village, Xingtai Economic Development Zone, Hebei Province， converging into a 300-mu sparkling natural lake.
“这个泉眼是狗头泉众多泉眼中的一个，本来已经干涸了很久。今年年初开始，泉眼出水量越来越大，多的时候冒出地面得有1尺高。”9月26日，望着时隔30多年再次复涌的古老泉眼，70岁的武家庄村村民宋升达又回忆起往昔。
"This spring is one of many sub-springs of the Goutou Spring, which had been dried up for a long time. At the beginning of this year, more and more water began to come out from the spring, and the height of water could even rise to one foot above the ground," said Song Shengda, a 70-year-old villager from Wujiazhuang Village on September 26, watching the ancient spring that resurfaced after more than 30 years and reminisced about the past.
狗头泉汩汩喷涌，汇聚成300亩波光粼粼的天然湖泊。长城网·冀云客户端记者 乔娅 摄
Goutou Spring gushes out from underground, converging into a 300-mu sparkling natural lake.(Photo by Qiaoya/Great Wall New Media)
邢台曾号称“北方泉城”，古人称为“井方之地”（意为“有水的地方”）。上世纪五十年代，在这片水资源丰富的土地上，诸如狗头泉、野狐泉、达活泉、珍珠泉、喷玉泉、黑龙潭等有名有姓的名泉达上百个，没有名号的小泉眼多如牛毛，因此邢台又称“百泉”。
In the 1950s, Xingtai was rich in water resources. There were nearly a hundred of springs that had names like Goutou Spring, Yehu Spring, Dahuo Spring, Zhenzhu Spring, Penyu Spring and Heilong Pool. Many small springs just got no names.
那时，清泉汇聚成一条条河流，繁衍出富庶的鱼米之乡，养育着十里八乡的百姓，邢台东部就曾以出产优质大米和芦苇蜚声于华北和西北地区。“在别的区域缺衣少食时，我们靠着种植水稻年年丰收。那时随便在地里挖个坑就能见水，根本不愁浇地。”宋升达说，除此之外，村民家家户户都会编苇席，拿去换钱又是一笔不菲的收入。
At that time, clear spring water converged into rivers, and there were affluent villages near the rivers where people lived and worked happily. The eastern part of Xingtai was famous for producing high-quality rice and reeds that sold well in the northern and northwestern regions of China.
“We harvested rice year after year when food was scarce in other regions. Back then, you could just dig a hole in the ground and see water, so you didn't have to worry about watering the land at all,” Song Shengda said. In addition to that, every villager wove reed mats which can be traded for money.
然而进入上个世纪80年代，由于大量开采地下水资源，邢台的地下水位持续下降，成为华北地下水大漏斗区，各泉坑相继断流。到1986年左右，狗头泉也彻底干涸，仅剩下一个深坑，坑底那小小一洼浊水，让人不由扼腕叹息。伴随着“百泉”断流，曾经靠水吃水的百姓没有了收入来源，越来越多人背井离乡，外出务工。
In the 1980s, however, the massive exploitation of groundwater resources caused a continuous decline in the groundwater level in Xingtai. Not only did Xingtai become to a large groundwater funnel in northern China, but the springs also dried up one after another.
Around 1986, Goutou Spring dried up completely, leaving only a deep pit. A small puddle of turbid water at the bottom of the pit makes people sigh. Along with the drying up of the "hundred of springs", local people lost source of income, and more and more people left their hometown and went out to work elsewhere.
为了重现百泉风貌，从2014年开始，邢台市采取强有力措施综合治理地下水超采和开展水生态保护修复，打出一套“节引调、补蓄管”的组合拳，特别是近两年来，邢台市持续开展地下水超采综合治理及节水灌溉等项目，先后建成1232家节水型单位和小区，关停各类取水井29018眼，实施高效节水灌溉项目220万亩。值得一提的是，自2014年南水北调中线工程贯通邢台后，七里河、白马河、李阳河、泜河、午河等大中小河流水源都得到了充分涵养，地下水位持续回升。
In order to restore the appearance of a hundred springs, Xingtai City began in 2014 to take a series of measures for overall management on groundwater overdraft and carry out water ecological protection and restoration.
Besides, a series of projects such as water conservation, water diversion, water supplement, water storage, water management were carried out as well, especially in the past two years. Xingtai City built 1,232 water-saving units and communities, shut down 29018 water extraction wells, and implement efficient water-saving irrigation projects covering 2.2 million mu of land.
In particular, the South-North Water Diversion Project passed through Xingtai in 2014, replenishing large, medium and small rivers such as the Qili River, the Baima River, the Liyang River, the Bi River and the Wu River. Accordingly, the groundwater levels began to rise.
邢台市水务局水政水资源与节约用水科科长孙自魁到百泉湖查看水位上涨情况。长城网·冀云客户端记者 贺宏伟 摄
Sun Zikui, Chief of water administration water resources and water conservation section, Bureau of Water Resources of Xingtai, went to Baiquan Lake to check the rising water level.(Photo by He Hongwei/Great Wall New Media)
功夫不负有心人。2021年8月，邢台市水务局陆续收到了狗头泉、黑龙潭等泉眼复涌的报告。该局水政水资源与节约用水科科长孙自魁听到消息后非常激动，赶忙放下手头的工作，跑到几个泉边放了测量水位的仪器。“过几天再去查看，水位上涨，测量仪器都被淹没啦。”
Good things come to those who work hard. In August 2021, the Bureau of Water Resources of Xingtai City received many reports on the re-spewing of springs such as Goutou Spring and Heilong Pool. Sun Zikui, Chief of water administration water resources and water conservation section under the Bureau of Water Resources of Xingtai, was so excited to hear the news that he put aside the work at hand and ran to the springs to put instruments to measure the water levels. "I went back a few days later to check and found that the water levels had inundated the measuring instruments," Sun Zikui said.
百泉复涌，带给邢台人民的不仅是“水涌百穴，甘露争溢”的胜景，也激活了人们对这座泉城的记忆。“如今，狗头泉一带出现了白鹭、苍鹭、水鸭子等很多野生鸟类，我们小时候的记忆回来啦！”说起如今的新变化，市民王瑞辉喜笑颜开。
The springs are gushing out again, bringing the people of Xingtai not only the beauty about the water, but also activating people's memories of this spring city. "Now there are egrets, herons, water ducks and many other wild birds around the Goutou Spring, our childhood memories have come back,” said resident Wang Ruihui, with a smile of joy.
随着邢台市生态环境的改善，狗头泉一带出现了白鹭等野生鸟类。长城网·冀云客户端记者 乔娅 摄
With the improvement of the ecological environment in Xingtai City, wild birds such as egrets have appeared around Goutou Spring.(Photo by Qiaoya/Great Wall New Media)
眼下，武家庄村正借着泉水复涌的东风开展招商引资，推动狗头泉公园建设。宋升达说，大伙期待家门口的好生态能创造更多就业机会，让生活更舒心、更便利。
Right now, Wujiazhuang Village is taking the opportunity to attract investment for the construction of the Goutou Spring Park. Local residents hope to take advantage of the good ecology to create more jobs, so that life can be more comfortable and convenient.
一泓泓澄澈的泉水，是生态之变的无声证明。百泉复涌已经成为华北地区地下水超采综合治理的一个标志性成果。在孙自魁看来，“水是一座城市的灵气，有了水，我们邢台就更有生机、更有活力！”
The clear spring water is a silent proof of ecological improvement, and the landmark achievements in the comprehensive management of groundwater overdraft in northern China. In Sun Zikui's view, "Water is the aura of a city, and with water, Xintai is full of life!"
Editor: Li Wenpei
