BIGGEST BENEFICIARY: From Tuesday, about 170 million tonnes of water flowed into catchment areas, with New Taipei City’s Feicui Reservoir collecting 42 million tonnesBy Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday announced that it would suspend water rationing measures for Taichung, Miaoli County and northern Changhua County thanks to seasonal plum rain and heavy rainfall brought by Tropical Storm Choi-Wan last week.
Measures to shut off the water supply to these areas on a rotational basis for two days a week would be lifted with immediate effect, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said in an video released online yesterday.
“Over the past few days, the rainfall [in reservoir catchment areas] has exceeded 100mm. Coupled with other sources of water, such as underground water, underflow