Taipei Times
Date: Sep 06, 2019
By: Liu Li-jen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
An Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) survey of the nation’s 51 reservoirs found that six reservoirs on Taiwan proper and most of the reservoirs on the outlying islands suffer from eutrophication — a process by which lakes, reservoirs, and rivers become excessively enriched with nutrients.
The survey, conducted from April last year to March, was the first of its kind.
Of the 21 reservoirs considered important, 114 samples were taken from 74 sites every month, with 30 samples taken from the other reservoirs every month, the EPA said.
New Taipei City’s Feitsui Reservoir (翡翠水庫) was not listed in the survey as it has been conducting water quality inspections itself for a long time, the EPA added. [FULL STORY]