Editorial: Taiwan is the `motherland'
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Water conservation must be taught
By Lin Sue 林素貞
For several days now, television and other media have run constant, frightening reports on water reservoirs drying up and dried-out farmland. Highlighting the seriousness of the drought and the need for water rationing is of course understandable, but if only the dangers are highlighted and no clear solutions are proposed, it will only increase public concern.
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Conserving water needs a long-term approach
By Chen Wen-ching 陳文卿
In almost every drought, various water-conservation tips and schemes are suggested and mandated. However, most are temporary measures designed to alleviate an urgent water shortage. If we hang in there until the typhoon season in June, the matter will be, as always, put on the back burner. No one will bother to bring it up again until the next drought. This is best described by the old Chinese saying that "one easily forgets the pain when the wound heals. "
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Letters:
Rationing is not the answer
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