FUZHOU: Fujian province has increased the water supply to Jinmen in Taiwan, greatly alleviating the area’s water shortage as the island faces its most serious drought in decades.
Since December, Fujian has increased the daily water supply by pipeline from 14,000 metric tons to 17,100 metric tons from Quanzhou to Jinmen, and in the first quarter of this year, Fujian shipped 1.54 million metric tons of water to Jinmen, according to the Fujian Jinjin Water Supply Co.
Taiwan media also reported that the water supplied by the Chinese mainland met more than 68 percent of Jinmen’s life and industrial water demand in March.
Hong Jiaxing, general manager of the water supply company, said the company had formulated a scientific plan that follows a “monthly planning, weekly adjustment and daily supply” principle to ensure water sufficiency whenever needed.
Jinmen, which is in the southern waters of Fujian, has historically had scarce water resources. Meteorological records show that the average rainfall in Jinmen is around 1,000 millimeters per year.
Jinmen had tried transporting water from Taiwan’s main island, as well as desalination projects, but the high costs and poor results didn’t help solve the problem until August 2018, when the water supply from Fujian officially started.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
