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Water Shortage In Taiwan. The rains brought by the. Taiwan usually receives 7-9 typhoons every year. For those unaware the island nation did not experience any typhoons last year which is causing a. Picture shows the upstream area of Mingde Dam by CNA photo.
Taiwanese peoples tendency to take water for granted - and some would say the governments neglect of how water resources are managed - are. To make matters worse last winter and springs rainfall was heavily deficient causing a shortage of water in Taiwan. The island is now waiting. Water levels in several reservoirs in the islands central and southern region stand at below 20 following months of scant rainfall and a rare typhoon-free summer. The rains brought by the. Growing numbers of Taiwan people and enterprises are being confronted by worry over water and power shortages.
Taiwan is experiencing a dry spell after no typhoons made landfall on the island last year for the first time in 56 years More than one million households and businesses in Taiwans heavily.
The island is now waiting. According to statistics from the Taiwan Meteorological Department the average annual rainfall in Taiwan has been as high as 2500 mm for a long time which is 28 times the global average. The rains brought by the. Growing numbers of Taiwan people and enterprises are being confronted by worry over water and power shortages. But companies are starting to make adjustments and officials have warned that the water shortage could worsen without adequate rainfall. While we have had a little rain over the Lunar New Year break it did not help substantively with water reserves Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua 王美花 told a news conference in Taipei.