Mingde Reservoir releases rain-enhancing flame agent to artificially increase rainfall.

(Provided by the Miaoli Management Office of the Farmland and Water Conservancy Department)

[Reporter Peng Jianli/Report from Miaoli] The water situation is tight. The Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs released a rain-increasing flame agent at Mingde Reservoir and Liyutan Reservoir respectively at 8:00 and 9:00 this morning. Bring into account.

According to the Central Meteorological Bureau, the front has passed and the northeast monsoon has strengthened today. There will be short-term showers or thunderstorms in northern and northeastern Taiwan, and local short-term showers or thunderstorms in the central, eastern, southeastern, and southern mountainous areas.

The Water Conservancy Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs seized the chance of rainfall and asked the reservoir management units to implement artificial rainfall enhancement operations, hoping to inject rainfall into the reservoir catchment area.

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As of 6:00 this morning, the water storage rate of Mingde Reservoir was 24.5% and the effective water storage capacity was 3.0332 million tons; as of 11:00 this morning, the water storage rate of Liyutan Reservoir was 31.6% and the effective water storage capacity was 36.7098 million tons.

The water situation in the central part is tight. The Drought Central Disaster Response Center announced on the 22nd of last month that the water situation lights in Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taichung (including North Changhua) had changed from blue to green. ) The regional water condition light will change from green to yellow, and decompressed water supply will be implemented for 8 hours at night.