Taichung councilors urge alternative water sources
Three Taichung city councilors on Monday urged the local Water Resource Bureau to step up development of subsurface streams as alternative water sources in the wake of a severe water shortage in the city in the first half of the year. Taichung uses 1.4 million tonnes of water daily, with the Dajia River (大甲溪) and the Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭) each providing half that amount, said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung City Councilor Chiang Chao-kuo (江肇國), accompanied by two other DPP councilors, Lai Chia-wei (賴佳微) and Chang Chia-an (張家銨). The bureau should cl...
Source: taipeitimes.com