The China Post
Date: July 10, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI–The water supply in Taiwan will be stable until the end of September, given the recent rainfall it received from the “plum rain” season and Typhoon Nepartak, which swept through the island this week, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) said Saturday.

The WRA said that the current water storage rate at reservoirs in Taiwan averaged 78.2 percent, which will ensure a stable water supply in the summer, although it still called for water conservation.

The agency said that Taiwan’s 12 major reservoirs released a total of 166 million cubic meters of stored water prior to the onslaught of Typhoon Nepartak to avoid flooding, and they received 68.13 million cubic meters of waters due to heavy rains brought by the typhoon.

Although the amount of stored water has decreased, it is estimated that catchment areas of the reservoirs could still collect 38.4 million cubic meters of waters in the next few days.     [FULL  STORY]