The upper reaches of Zengwen Reservoir have relatively little rainfall, and the current water storage rate is lower than 24%.

(Photo by reporter Wu Junfeng)

[Reporter Wu Junfeng/Tainan Report] Tainan is currently the only county and city in China where the water condition light is yellow "Decompression Water Supply". The Zengwen Reservoir has a water storage rate of less than 24%. The upstream rarely receives rain on Valentine's Day. Although The accumulation is only 8.3 millimeters, which is the most in a single day in the past one and a half months, but the benefits to the water situation are still limited. The Southern District Water Resources Bureau of the Water Resources Department appeals to the public to respond to water conservation.

The Zengwen Reservoir, the largest in China, had 8.3 millimeters of rainfall upstream on February 14, the second most this year, second only to the 10.1 millimeters on January 2. Together with the slight rainfall yesterday and today, the South Water Bureau observed that The inflow is about 100,000 cubic meters.

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The South Water Bureau stated that in the face of the risk and threat of abnormal rainfall, since last year's wet season, it has deployed water-saving dispatches in advance and launched relevant drought prevention work to fully respond.

The South Water Bureau mentioned that the end of the dry season is still long in the future, and the uncertainty of rainfall is still high. It calls on the public to cooperate with relevant government policies to save water together.

In addition, the Central Meteorological Administration expects that the rainfall in this season will not be optimistic. In addition to continuing to implement various measures to control the use of water, it is still necessary to actively and cautiously do a good job in water conservation and scheduling.

Reservoir management units will also be in close contact with meteorological units to monitor weather conditions and wait for opportunities to handle artificial rainfall enhancement operations to improve rainfall effects.

In the face of the subsequent dry season, we will also adopt prudent water-saving dispatching measures in accordance with the rolling review of water regime changes to meet the subsequent water demand of various targets in the south.

As of 10 o'clock tonight, the water level of the Zengwen Reservoir was 204.14 meters high, with a water storage rate of 23.61%. Together with the Wushantou Reservoir, the total effective water storage capacity still exceeded 158 million cubic meters.

The South Water Bureau emphasized that in the face of abnormal climate and extremely low rainfall, in addition to asking industrial units to implement control and self-conservation of water, the public is also asked to share the difficulties and develop good habits of water conservation.