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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 ...

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 Tai...

Prayers are no solution for water shortages By ChangYen-ming 張炎銘 Taiwan’s water situation does not look good. The Council of Agriculture’s Irrigation Agency has even asked Jenn Lann Temple (鎮瀾宮) in Taichung’s Dajia District (大甲) to organize a prayer meeting to ask for rain. Even if the gods were to oblige this time, people would have to pray again many more times unless attitudes toward water management change. Taiwan enjoys ample water resources, but the problem is that rainfall is uneven. In addition, when there is torrential rainfall, less than 20 percent of the water...

Researchers in Hong Kong produce prototype face mask with novel nanomembrane (Xinhua)    10:46, December 22, 2020 HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said on Monday that they have developed an ultrathin polymer nanofilm and produced a prototype face mask with a 99-percent filtration efficiency for virus, bacteria and particulate matters. The polymer nanomembrane is not only 25 times stronger than stainless steel with the same mass, but is also extremely transparent, gas-permeable and water-proof with adjustable porous properties, ma...

2020-12-21 14:35:26 GMT2020-12-21 22:35:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said on Monday that they have developed an ultrathin polymer nanofilm and produced a prototype face mask with a 99-percent filtration efficiency for virus, bacteria and particulate matters. The polymer nanomembrane is not only 25 times stronger than stainless steel with the same mass, but is also extremely transparent, gas-permeable and water-proof with adjustable porous properties, making it suitable for use as wearable devic...