林县位于太行山麓,山岭起伏,沟壑纵横,土薄石厚,地下水位低,几十丈深不见水,虽有贯穿东西的淇、洹、淅、露四条河,但都是季节河,平常干涸断流。解放前,全县五百多个较大的村庄,就有三百多个村庄连一眼水井都没有。有些村庄只好在洼地挖个旱井,贮蓄雨水。而雨水经山坡、村道带来了各种污染物。饮用了这种苦水,口唇生疮,流行病蔓延。遇到干旱,旱井无水,贫苦农民不得不翻山越岭到几里或几十 Lin County is located in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains. The mountains are undulating, with ravines, thin soil, and low-lying groundwater. They have deep water depths of several tens of feet. Although there are four rivers running through the world, they are seasonal rivers and usually dry off. flow. Before the liberation, more than 500 villages in the county had more than 300 villages that did not even have a single well. Some villages had no choice but to dig a dry well in the vast area to store rainwater. The rain brought various pollutants through the slopes and village roads. Drink this bitter water, mouth sores, epidemic spread. In the face of drought, dry wells are waterless, poor farmers have to climb over mountains to several miles or dozens