The flow of Gaoping Stream continues to hit a record low in the same period of the year, and the water regime in Kaohsiung will turn orange from March 30.

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[Reporter Wang Rongxiang/Kaohsiung Report] Kaohsiung Water Regime will turn to orange light on March 30.

Gao City Economic Development Bureau said today that it is coordinating various industrial zones and science and technology industrial parks to launch independent water-saving measures, and the overall water-saving effect has reached more than 10%. The follow-up will start from March 30, targeting 864 households with large water consumption and 222 households. Swimming pools, car washes, saunas, or non-emergency water operators have taken measures to reduce supply.

The Economic Development Bureau pointed out that since March 8, Kaohsiung will implement depressurized water supply at night (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.), and suspend the supply of fountains, irrigation, and flushing of external walls, streets, and ditches under the jurisdiction of administrative agencies and state-owned enterprises. Water is urgently needed. For people located at the end of pipelines or in areas with higher terrain, water companies are required to strengthen monitoring of water supply to ensure that people's livelihood is safe.

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From March 30, the orange light will be turned in response to the water situation, and will cooperate with the central government to take measures to reduce supply for 864 large water users and 222 swimming pools, car washes, saunas, spas, or non-urgent water users.

The Economic Development Bureau stated that the municipal government has set a 7% water-saving target for the industrial parks under its jurisdiction. In conjunction with the industrial parks of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Science and Technology Industrial Park and the Science Park Industrial Park, the overall water-saving effect has reached More than 10%, for large water users who use more than 1,000 kWh per month, if they fail to reach the 10% water saving target, they will cooperate with the water company to persuade and seal the water meter.

The Bureau of Economic Development emphasizes that the Hefa and Benzhou Industrial Parks under the jurisdiction of the municipal government collect air-conditioning condensate water, rainwater, process water, circulating water, and cooling water for recycling. Among them, the recycling rate of the major factories in the Hefa Industrial Park reached 82% above.

The city government will continue to cooperate with the central government to increase income and reduce expenditure, plan to develop the third Gangqiao recycled water plant, and actively develop subsurface water and recycled water, and drill drought-resistant wells for reinforcements, continue to inventory available water resources, and call on the industry and citizens to work together to implement water conservation.