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Shihmen Reservoir Shihmen Reservoir (CNA photo) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Saturday said Taipei is helping the nearby cities of New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan deal with water shortages at a time when some reservoirs are low on water due to the lack of rainfall in the second half of 2020. In a Facebook post, Ko said nearly a quarter of Taiwan s farmland has now been cut off from water for irrigation and the water supply for industrial use has also been affected by the lack of rainfall. Because Taipei s water supply, which comes mainly from the Feitsui Reservoir, is stable, the city has recently begun supplying a combined 910,000 cubic meters of water to New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan cities on a daily basis, the mayor said.
Taipei offers help to nearby cities amid water shortages
03/14/2021 04:18 PM
Shihmen Reservoir. CNA file photo
Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Saturday said Taipei is helping the nearby cities of New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan deal with water shortages at a time when some reservoirs are low on water due to the lack of rainfall in the second half of 2020.
In a Facebook post, Ko said nearly a quarter of Taiwan s farmland has now been cut off from water for irrigation and the water supply for industrial use has also been affected by the lack of rainfall.
Because Taipei s water supply, which comes mainly from the Feitsui Reservoir, is stable, the city has recently begun supplying a combined 910,000 cubic meters of water to New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan cities on a daily basis, the mayor said.