The Tianlin county in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which suffered from severe drought conditions over the past three years, is experiencing high temperature and little rainfall over the past three months, Xinhua reported.
Of the total 214 rivers in the county, 200 have been drained, the local official said.
The drought has left more than 23,000 residents and 12,000 heads of livestock in the county without adequate drinking water supply, he said.
The drought has also withered more than 10,000 hectares of cropland, he said.
Local authorities have earmarked over 1 million yuan (USD 160,000) as a special fund to combat the drought, he added.
Lu Jianzhen, director of the Tianhe Water Resources Bureau, said the Qiwenhe Reservoir, the drinking water source for the county, had seen its water level drop by a half.
"If there is still no rainfall, the reservoir could only provide 40 days of water for the county," he said.