The Water Conservancy Bureau has drilled 3 drought-resistant wells to test the water.

(Photo by reporter Chen Wenchan)

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Kaohsiung's irrigation water shortage rate exceeds 30%

[Reporter Chen Wenchan/Kaohsiung Report] The water situation in southern Taiwan is severe. Today (18th) the flow of Gaoping Stream hit a new low in the same period of the year. The water shortage rate of Kaohsiung’s agricultural irrigation water exceeds 30%. The Water Bureau has mobilized underground water and drought-resistant wells, and is still sending 100,000 tons of clear water to Tainan to the north every day to reduce the water output of Nanhua Reservoir. It will also dig 24 drought-resistant wells and develop an underground water well to stabilize water use in southern Taiwan.

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Kaohsiung uses about 1.2 million tons of water for daily living. It relies on the Gaoping River weir to draw water, and shares the Nanhua Reservoir with Tainan.

According to today's statistics from the South Water Bureau, the rainfall in the southern part of the flood season last year was only 40% to 60% of the average annual average. 870,000 tons; Qishanxi Jiaxian Weir flow remaining 1.85CMS, fully decentralized for agricultural irrigation, South Water Bureau suspended transboundary water diversion to Nanhua Reservoir.

In particular, the water shortage rate of Kaohsiung’s first-phase rice cultivation irrigation water exceeds 30%, and the full-scale rotation irrigation during the whole field period is unprecedented. Lu Wenhao, Director of Kaohsiung Management of the Agriculture and Water Administration, coordinated with the Nanshui Bureau to increase the flow of 1 CMS of Gaoping River to the Caogongzhen Irrigation District, and use 20 mouths Drought-resistant water wells were poured into the Caogongzhen irrigation area, and with the precise irrigation response from the senior management, emergency drought relief and water replenishment were improved.

The South Water Bureau of the Water Conservancy Administration will assist the senior management of the Agriculture and Water Administration to add a water delivery pipeline to the Caogongzhen Pumping Station. It will be completed in April this year, and the first phase of rice production will enter the earing period in April to ensure that the Caogong irrigation area can be irrigated without any worries; the Agriculture and Water Administration The executive office will also drill 10 new drought-resistant water wells, and it is expected to drill 3 drought-resistant water wells by the end of January as backup water.

The Kaohsiung City Water Conservancy Bureau continues to drill drought-resistant wells, increasing the number of drought-resistant wells to 11. Currently, 3 wells have been drilled for water testing, and the water company’s 7th District Management Office has also dug 3 more. A total of 14 drought-resistant wells will be completed by the end of February.

In addition, the South Water Bureau will also develop subsurface water at the confluence of Laonong River and Qishan River, with a designed water output of 100,000 tons per day. It is expected to start construction in April this year and complete in June 2015. million tons.

The water shortage rate of Kaohsiung's first phase of rice cultivation exceeds 30%, which is an unprecedented full-scale rotation irrigation during the whole field period.

(Photo by reporter Chen Wenchan)