Water restrictions and alerts in Chiayi County and Tainan have been lifted or eased after downpours unleashed by Typhoon Khanun replenished the biggest reservoir in southern Taiwan.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ task force for the water shortage yesterday ended its policy of reducing the water pressure in Chiayi and Tainan during off-peak hours to conserve water, the Water Resources Agency said in a statement.
No other alert would be issued for Chiayi, while the lowest level water alert reminding water users to conserve water would be in place for Tainan, the agency said.
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Heavy downpours triggered by Typhoon Khanun and subsequent southwesterly winds brought much-needed water to reservoirs in southern Taiwan, it said.
From Tuesday last week, the nation’s reservoirs accumulated 321.1 million cubic meters of water, half of which was recorded in the south, it said.
Zengwen Reservoir (曾文水庫), the biggest in the south, was at 52.61 percent capacity with 266.66 million cubic meters of water as of 4pm yesterday, up from 109.20 million cubic meters, or 21.54 percent capacity, at 7am on Tuesday last week, agency data showed.
Wushantou Reservoir (烏山頭水庫) dropped from 72.32 percent capacity on Tuesday last week to 70.24 percent yesterday afternoon, because it supplied water to the Zengwen Reservoir, the agency said.
Other reservoirs in Chiayi and Tainan — the Nanhua (南化水庫), Renyitan (仁義潭水庫) and Lantan (蘭潭水庫) reservoirs — remained at or close to full capacity over the seven-day period, agency data showed.
However, there is still not enough water meet expected demand in Tainan over the coming dry season, the agency said.
As the threat of water shortages have eased, the ministry plans to disband the task force and replace it with a Water Resources Agency-level unit.
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