Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Former People First Party (PFP) Secretary-General Lee Hung-chun (李鴻鈞) was confirmed Tuesday as vice president of the Control Yuan, Taiwan's highest watchdog body of government agencies and officials.
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.