Feitsui Reservoir at Less than 60% Capacity 翡翠水庫有效蓄水率低於6成 今年來最低

Northern Taiwan is in the middle of a severe water shortage and Feitsui Reservoir is at less than 60 percent capacity. Water pressure will be reduced at night in Keelung and Xizhi starting Sept. 3.

Keelung is in the middle of a severe water shortage. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced that water pressure will be lowered between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Keelung and Xizhi starting Sept. 3. Water supplies remain "green" in other parts of New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Tainan.

Wang Yi-feng, Deputy Director, Water Resources Agency: “Water pressure will be lowered across the Keelung area, including Xizhi and Ruifang. We expect to save 10,000 tons of water per day as long as this is in effect.”

Taiwan did not see any typhoons in July or August and northern Taiwan has received little rain this summer. Water levels at Feitsui Reservoir, which supplies Greater Taipei, fell to 153.48 meters on the 30th, compared to an average of 154.28 meters for this time of year in years past. This was the 17th lowest level in history. While the reservoir still has close to 200 million cubic meters of water, this is 5 million cubic meters less than in previous years and the reservoir is at less than 60 percent capacity.

Chou Bo-kai, Deputy Commissioner, Taipei Feitsui Reservoir Administration: “There was less rain in July and August, but we expect water supplies to remain adequate in the next three months. Rain from the northeast monsoon season accounts for 27 percent of the rainwater collected in the Feitsui Reservoir collection area. We hope the northeast monsoon season will bring the same amount of rain this year as in years past, especially if we don't see any typhoons this year. This would stabilize the water supply.”

Feitsui Reservoir is currently supplying Banqiao with 800,000 tons of water per day and Keelung with 7-80,000 tons of water per day. As long as the water shortage doesn't worsen, Feitsui can keep this up until the end of the year.

基隆地區水情轉趨嚴峻，經濟部宣布，從9月3日起，包括基隆市、新北市汐止區，每晚11時到凌晨5時，減壓供水。另外，新北、桃園、台南則維持水情提醒「綠燈」。

水利署副署長王藝峰表示：「整個基隆的供水區，包含汐止還有瑞芳都會進入減壓供水，減壓供水我們預估這一波，應該可以節省每天大概一萬噸的用水。」

今年7、8月無颱風，北部地區降雨也大幅減少，供給大台北地區用水的翡翠水庫，水情也不佳，歷年同期，平均水位有154.28公尺，但今（30）日水位降至153.48公尺，比平均水位低了80公分，創歷年第17低，目前有效蓄水量，仍有近2億立方公尺，不過跟往年相比，少了500萬立方公尺，有效蓄水率跌破6成。

翡翠水庫管理局副局長周伯愷表示：「7、8月降雨降得比較少，我們未來3個月應該是，供水上應該是還沒有問題啦，東北季風的雨量大概佔我們整個翡翠水庫集水區，大概有兩成七左右的雨量，就算今年颱風沒有進來，我們希望東北季風能夠像往年一樣，能夠帶來一些雨量，那這樣供水的話，就比較沒有問題。」

翡翠水庫管理局表示，負責板新地區支援供水，每天約80萬噸。另外，支援基隆供水，每天約7到8萬噸，只要水情沒有持續惡化，都會負起支援供水到年底前，民生用水無虞。