Kaohsiung to drill 7 wells by end of April amid drought
04/27/2021 02:41 PM
CNA photo April 27, 2021
Kaohsiung, April 27 (CNA) Kaohsiung is hoping to complete the drilling of seven wells by the end of this month to provide much-needed water to the city amid a serious drought, the city government said Tuesday.
When completed, the seven wells are expected to provide 21,000 cubic meters of groundwater a day, which will be channeled to the Chengqing Lake Reservoir via underground pipes, it said.
According to Tsai Chang-jhan (蔡長展), director-general of the city s Water Resources Bureau, two wells have already been dug since late Monday after work began the previous day.
Kaohsiung outlines plans for wells
Staff writer, with CNA
Kaohsiung is hoping to complete the drilling of seven wells by Friday to provide much-needed water to the city amid a serious shortage, the Kaohsiung City Government said yesterday.
When completed, the wells are expected to provide 21,000m3 of groundwater a day, which would be channeled into the Chengcing Lake Reservoir (澄清湖水庫) via underground pipes, the city government said.
Two wells have been dug since late on Monday after work began the previous day, Kaohsiung Water Resources Bureau Director-General Tsai Chang-jhan (蔡長展) said.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, second right, and other officials look at water flowing from a well on the Kaoping River in the city’s Daliao District yesterday.