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.