Significant rainfall early Tuesday raised water levels in key reservoirs across southern Taiwan, a drought-prone area of the country, the Water Resources Administration (WRA) said.
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Capacity of Taiwan s largest reservoir falls to 10.7 percent
04/20/2021 05:32 PM
CNA photo April 20. 2021
Taipei, April 20 (CNA) Capacity at Zengwen Reservoir, Taiwan s largest reservoir, fell to 10.71 percent on Tuesday, the lowest level recorded during the current drought gripping the country.
According to Southern Region Water Resources Office deputy head Tsou Han-kuei (鄒漢貴), there was some rain in the reservoir s catchment area on Sunday and Monday, but water levels only increased 10 millimeters, despite artificial cloud-seeding operations.
Later Monday, capacity fell to around 11 percent after water was released from the Zengwen Reservoir to the Wu Shan Tou Reservoir, Tsou said.
The two reservoirs are connected, Tsou explained, and normally, Zengwen Reservoir releases water to Wu Shan Tou to produce electricity and the water is then distributed to the greater Tainan area and the Jianan plains.