FALLOW LANDovernment plans to better manage national water resources involve a subsidy program to encourage farmers to leave land untended in drought

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 08, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

The Cabinet yesterday announced measures to alleviate a shortage of industrial water, assuring the industry that they would not be hit by water shortages from 2031 onward.

The Cabinet is to improve reservoir capacity and water conservation efficiency while connecting the nation’s water supply systems to transport water to drought-affected areas and developing reserve supply systems, Premier William Lai (賴清德) said.

The measures are to create an additional 1.9 billion tonnes of water every year by 2031, which would ensure uninterrupted industrial water supply, Lai said.

They are part of measures to alleviate the nation’s five industrial shortages of land, power, water, workers and skilled labor.    [FULL  STORY]