Sediment strains nation s reservoirs taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Premier Su urges agencies to brace amid water crisis
Staff reporter, with CNA
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday instructed all government agencies to brace for a prolonged water shortage, saying that no significant rainfall is forecast until June.
During a regular Cabinet meeting, Su asked agencies to prepare desalination and water recycling units, and called on the public to save water.
The Ministry of Finance should offer help to people and businesses affected by the shortage, and consider tax exemption measures, Su said.
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Tseng Wen-sheng, second left, accompanied by legislators, inspects the Liyutan Reservoir in Miaoli County yesterday.
Taiwater could ease shortage pain - Taipei Times taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday urged the government to develop a new water pricing scheme and push heavy users to install water conservation systems, as the nation struggles with a prolonged drought.
Whenever there is a water shortage, the agricultural sector is usually the first to be asked by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to cut water usage by reducing irrigation, TPP Legislator Ann Kao (高虹安) told a news conference in Taipei.
The ministry claims that the agricultural sector consumes 70 percent of the water supply, and even if the industrial sector were to reduce its usage, it would