Water rationing measures are being tightened in parts of New Taipei City, Taoyuan City and Hsinchu County from today.
Shihmen Reservoir (石門水庫), which supplies most of northern Taiwan, is now at 24.56 percent of its capacity, the lowest level since it became operational in 1964, as the rainfall in the reservoir catchment area over the past six months has been about 60 percent of the normal average.
As part of the nation’s water conservation efforts, household supplies will be cut two days per week on a rotational basis.
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On Wednesdays and Thursdays, all of Taoyuan, except certain areas of Gueishan District (龜山), will be without domestic water supply.
The same applies to Hukou (湖口) and Sinfong (新豐) townships in Hsinchu and Linkou District (林口) respectively, and certain areas of New Taipei City’s Wugu (五股) and Taishan (泰山) districts.
On Fridays and Saturdays, household water supplies will be suspended in parts of New Taipei City’s Shulin (樹林), Banciao (板橋), Wugu (五股), Taishan (泰山) and Sinjhuang (新莊) districts, and in parts of Taoyuan’s Guishan District.
On Mondays and Tuesdays, the water suspension will rotate to Sansia (三峽), Yingge (鶯歌) and parts of Shulin and Tucheng (土城) districts in New Taipei City, and parts of Bade (八德) and Guishan districts in Taoyuan.
The third-phase water rationing measures are set to affect about 350,000 households in nine districts in New Taipei City, the most populous city in Taiwan.
Taiwan Water Corp (台灣自來水) is advising residents in the affected areas to store water in preparation for the supply cuts and has published a list on its Web site of temporary water stations where people can go to collect water if they run out.
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