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Ministry of Economic Affairs,R.O.C.

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Enhancement of water resources management and flood preparedness

Enhancing the Water Supply Environment and Strengthening Flood Resilience

(1)Adopting an evidence-based governance approach to promote systematic flood management, WRA implements water environment construction and river environment management, utilizes smart disaster prevention technologies, and promotes local flood detention, runoff allocation, and outflow control so as to enhance flood resilience.
(2)Through the five strategies of "resource expansion, water conservation, allocation, backup, and management," WRA advances diversified water resources development and water production through reclaimed water and seawater desalination, strengthens inter-regional allocation capacity and backup distribution networks, enhances reservoir dredging, increases the coverage of public tap water supply, and promotes the use of reclaimed water in industry to reinforce water supply resilience.
(3)WRA adopts smart approaches to manage and reduce water leakage by analyzing big data to identify high-leakage hotspots, implementing pipeline replacement and leakage detection. Work proceeds on dual tracks of "active leakage reduction" and "operation and maintenance management" to reduce leakage risks and enhance water supply resilience.

A.Scope of Work
To respond the serious situation of high risk and rapid fluctuation of droughts and floods due to the extreme climate, WRA will promote actively the works of "water resources development and maintenance" , "water environment development of river, coast and drainage system" and "water resources technology development" with the overview vision and new concept to continuously solve the problems of flood and drought disasters in Taiwan.
B.Implementation Approaches
(a) Water Resources Development and Maintenance
Executing the twelve projects as follows: Shihmen Reservoir and Hsinchu connection pipe engineering project, Daan River and Dajia River connection pipe engineering project, Taichung-Yunlin regional water allocation pipeline improvement project, backup transmission main project, hyporheic water development engineering project II, Hsinchu seawater desalination plant, the first stage of Tainan seawater desalination plant, the third stage of the offshore islands water supply improvement, the first stage of Sanchong and Luzhou regional water supply network improvement, the fifth stage of water supply improvement project in the area without tap water(2025-2029), and  the second stage of improvement for pressurized water supply facilities in aging highland communities (2025-2028).
(b) Water environment development of river, coast and drainage system
Executing the seven projects as follows: central river basin comprehensive improvement and adaptation program, overall improvement project for climate change in local governmental rivers and regional drainages, Su-Ao river flood diversion, planning and investigation of backup wells and construction project in the Taipei metropolitan area, smart water disaster prevention project, the fourth stage of groundwater conservation, management and subsidence prevention project(2025-2028), and Laonong river flood-resilience program (2025-2029).
(c) Water Resources Planning and Conservation
Executing the projects as follows: the fourth stage of Taipei water source district conservation implementation project.
(d) Water resources technology development
Executing the four projects as follows:research on advanced technologies for flood and drought early warning, water resources net zero technology, nature-based cross-sectoral integration and adaptation demonstration project, and development of digital innovation application technologies in water science.
Contacts
Water Resources Agency,MOEA
Huang,Chien-Ming
886-4-2250-1131