Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/05
By: Wang Shwu-fen and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) Kaohsiung’s Water Resources Bureau plans to spend NT$60
Photo courtesy of Water Resources Bureau
million (US$2.03 million) on a wastewater treatment and water recycling system on the Taiwan-held Pratas Island to preserve marine resources and protect the environment, a city official said Sunday.
The island, located 450 kilometers south of Kaohsiung in the South China Sea, is part of the Pratas island group and center of the Dongsha Atoll National Park, the country’s first ocean-based national park, which was established in January 2007.
The island is under the jurisdiction of the city government.
With a diameter of 25 kilometers, Pratas Island is rich in coral reef landscapes and ecological resources, and the waters around it are home to a wide variety of marine life, said Liang Jin-yuan (梁錦淵), the bureau’s chief engineer. [FULL STORY]
