Shihmen Reservoir Shihmen Reservoir (CNA photo) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Saturday said Taipei is helping the nearby cities of New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan deal with water shortages at a time when some reservoirs are low on water due to the lack of rainfall in the second half of 2020. In a Facebook post, Ko said nearly a quarter of Taiwan s farmland has now been cut off from water for irrigation and the water supply for industrial use has also been affected by the lack of rainfall. Because Taipei s water supply, which comes mainly from the Feitsui Reservoir, is stable, the city has recently begun supplying a combined 910,000 cubic meters of water to New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan cities on a daily basis, the mayor said.
Taipei sending water to cities in need: mayor
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taipei City Government has been transferring 910,000 tonnes of water daily to cities and counties experiencing water shortages, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said on Saturday.
Ko said on Facebook that as Taiwan faces a water shortage, about one-quarter of the nation’s farmlands lie fallow, while the water supply for high-tech industries has also been affected.
“Taipei has increased its water supply reinforcement and has been transferring 910,000 tonnes of water daily to New Taipei City, Keelung and Taoyuan,” he wrote.
A dried-up section of the Agongdian Reservoir is pictured in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Taipei offers help to nearby cities amid water shortages
03/14/2021 04:18 PM
Shihmen Reservoir. CNA file photo
Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Saturday said Taipei is helping the nearby cities of New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan deal with water shortages at a time when some reservoirs are low on water due to the lack of rainfall in the second half of 2020.
In a Facebook post, Ko said nearly a quarter of Taiwan s farmland has now been cut off from water for irrigation and the water supply for industrial use has also been affected by the lack of rainfall.
Because Taipei s water supply, which comes mainly from the Feitsui Reservoir, is stable, the city has recently begun supplying a combined 910,000 cubic meters of water to New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan cities on a daily basis, the mayor said.
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Water levels at reservoirs still low despite rain
03/07/2021 01:02 PM
Zengwen Reservoir. Photo courtesy of the Southern Region Water Resource Office
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Water levels at many reservoirs in Taiwan remain low despite the current weather front bringing rain, because the rainfall was centered mostly in the north of the country.
Several major reservoirs in central and southern Taiwan, where the water shortage has been the most serious, were still at low capacity on Sunday, according to data from the Water Resources Agency (WRA).
As of 10 a.m., the Second Baoshan Reservoir, which provides water for the Hsinchu Science Park, was at 12 percent capacity.
Turning Longmen into a chip hub
By James Lee 李界木
Taiwan’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing plants have for the past few months been struggling to keep up with demand, as they are already operating at full capacity with demand expected to increase further. Amid these bullish expectations, policymakers should think about what they need to do to ensure that the semiconductor industry can continue to grow.
One boost to the industry would be to repurpose the area around the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant the Longmen plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) as a central hub for semiconductor manufacturing, the “Longmen Science and Technology Park.” There are several good reasons for doing so:
Tsengwen Reservoir on Jan 2., 2021. Tsengwen Reservoir on Jan 2., 2021. (CNA photo) Experts suggest that water-saving and management, as well as environmental protection, should be the priority as Taiwan is in the process of adopting several measures to cope with water shortages following a particularly dry year in 2020. Last year marked the first time since 1964 that a typhoon did not hit Taiwan during flood season which is from May to November, said Wang Yi-feng (王藝峰), deputy director-general of the Water Resources Agency (WRA). As a result, there were only 661 millimeters of rainfall from June to November, an all-time-low, compared with average annual rainfall in the period of 1,635 mm, WRA data showed.
Taiwan addresses water shortages following unusually dry year
01/02/2021 07:43 PM
Tsengwen Reservoir. CNA photo Jan. 2, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Taiwan is in the process of adopting several measures to cope with water shortages following a particularly dry year in 2020, while experts suggest that water saving and management, as well as environmental protection should be the focus.
Last year was the first time since 1964 that Taiwan was not hit by a typhoon during flood season which is from May to November, said Wang Yi-feng (王藝峰), deputy director-general of the Water Resources Agency (WRA).
As a result, there was only 661 millimeters of rainfall from June to November, an all-time-low, compared with average annual rainfall in the period of 1,635 mm, WRA data showed.