Vice President of the Executive Yuan Zheng Wencan (front 2 from right) went to Tainan today to preside over the Zheng Chenggong Central Ceremony. He is also concerned about the water situation in the south, and the central and local governments are working together to fight the drought.

(Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)

[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] Zheng Wencan, vice president of the Executive Yuan, came to Tainan today (29th) to preside over the Zheng Chenggong Central Ceremony. He is also concerned about the water situation in the south. He thanked Mayor Huang Weizhe for leading the city government team to fight the drought. The water storage rate of Zengwen Reservoir is still low About 6%, he called on everyone to save water and prepare for sources. The central government also supports Tainan's water conservancy construction plan and strives to alleviate the problem of drought and water shortage.

Zheng Wencan said that two years ago, Taoyuan suffered a century-old drought during his tenure as mayor, leaving about 8% of the capacity of the Shihmen Reservoir. After a series of drought-relief measures and the rain from the sky, the century-old drought in Taoyuan was lifted, and the crisis of water shortages in bamboo plants was also resolved.

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Zheng Wencan said that the current water storage capacity of Zengwen Reservoir is only about 6%. The government has already carried out the connecting pipe project from Zengwen Reservoir to Nanhua Reservoir, which is expected to be completed next year. There are also subsidies for the construction of 3 reclaimed water plants in Tainan, 2 of which have been completed. The central government has made a lot of efforts to solve the water problem in Tainan, including the forward-looking plan promoted by President Tsai Ing-wen, which will be implemented in Tainan one by one. It is hoped that Tainan can also overcome this water shortage crisis. At the same time, it also calls on the public to save water for backup.

The city government stated that the three major reservoirs, Zengwen, Wushantou and Nanhua, currently have a water storage capacity of about 100 million tons, and are further strengthening various water-saving measures, including increasing the use of recycled water and shutting down non-urgent or non-essential water. The water volume is about 4,800 tons per day. We call on all units to do more publicity and response to increase the use of recycled water.

According to the city government, in terms of the use of recycled water, Nanke and the industrial zone affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs have independently saved water and recycled process water. In December last year (2022), they introduced 8,000 tons of recycled water per day to the Yongkang recycled water plant. In January this year, TSMC built its own recycled water. The plant also began to supply 10,000 tons of water per day. In addition, since March, the Anping Reclaimed Water Plant has invested 10,000 tons of reclaimed water per day. Currently, it can provide 28,000 tons of reclaimed water per day.

The water storage rate of Zengwen Reservoir is about 6%.

(Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)