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.
Chiayi faces water shortage crisis if drought persists: official
04/07/2021 08:51 PM
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An excavator digs up sediment at Jenyitan Reservoir, where water level is at 26.1 percent capacity Wednesday. CNA photo April 7, 2021
Taipei, April 7 (CNA) If the current drought continues, two major water supply reservoirs in the southern county of Chiayi do not have enough water to last two more months, an official at Taiwan Water Corp. (TWC) said Wednesday.
The daily average water consumption in Chiayi is about 300,000 cubic meters, according to Wu Chieh-ming (吳界明), deputy director of TWC s Chiayi branch office.