Lantan Reservoir in Chiayi City.

(Photo by reporter Lin Yizhang)

[Reporter Lin Yizhang/Report from Chiayi] The water situation is deteriorating. In response to the possibility that the spring rain will not come and the rainy season will be late in the future, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced today (18th) that starting from March 1, the water condition lights in Chiayi will be adjusted to depressurized water supply. The "yellow light" will start the decompression water supply at night, from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day, and implement water-saving measures for industrial water use, calling on the public to save water.

Lantan Reservoir and Renyitan Reservoir supply water for people's livelihood in Chiayi area. The total effective water storage capacity of Lantan Reservoir today is 12.3466 million tons.

Zengwen Reservoir and Wushantou Reservoir have a combined effective water storage capacity of 157.68 million tons.

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Decompression water supply at night

He Dafu, deputy director of the Southern District Water Resources Bureau of the Water Resources Department, said that the water supply measures for the yellow light decompression are to reduce the pipe pressure water supply during off-peak and specific periods of time, and stop supplying fountains, watering, and washing exterior walls, streets, and water under the jurisdiction of administrative agencies and state-owned enterprises. Ditch and other non-urgent or non-essential water use; Chiayi area provides decompression water supply at night, which has little impact on the water use of ordinary people.

He Dafu said that the daily water consumption in Chiayi is estimated to be nearly 300,000 tons. Currently, 100,000 tons of water are dispatched from Tainan City, 100,000 tons from Yunlin County, and about 100,000 tons of water are supplied from Lantan Reservoir and Renyitan Reservoir. To respond; according to recent statistics, the daily water supply of Lantan and Renyitan is about 80,000 tons, which can still meet the daily water consumption of the people.

The Chiayi City Government stated that the water storage rate of Lantan and Renyitan fell below 45% in early February. Mayor Huang Minhui ordered the city government team to deploy various water-saving measures in advance. The planting was originally irrigated with the recycled and discharged water qualified by the water resources center, and the street washing car also used recycled and discharged water, and through the mayor’s Facebook, he offered to wipe the car instead of washing the car, take a shower instead of taking a shower, turn off the water when washing hands and soap, etc. The magic recipe for water saving calls on the public to implement water saving measures starting from life.

The Municipal Public Works Office said that the water resource recycling center is open to provide recycled water for free for the public to use for sprinkling, washing and watering without touching the human body. Please call the service hotline 05-2380616 for inquiries.

The Municipal Construction Office said that at present, all parks and road fountains use circulating water, and will stop spraying water depending on the water situation.