By Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNA
Several major reservoirs are estimated to have received 590 million tonnes of water inflow from June 4 to this morning, with storage levels at Wushantou Reservoir exceeding 50 percent and Zengwen Reservoir approaching 30 percent as of 9am today, data from the Water Resources Agency showed.Of the estimated 590 million tonnes, 450 million have already been stored in reservoirs, the data showed.
The Zengwen Reservoir spanning Chiayi County and Tainan is pictured in Nov. 2023.
As of 9am today, Baoshan Reservoir storage levels reached 100 percent, while Baoshan Second Reservoir, Yongheshan Reservoir and Techi Reservoir all exceeded 90 percent, data on the Water Resources Agency’s Web site showed.
In addition, the Shimen Reservoir is at 89.40 percent, Wushantou Reservoir at 55.99 percent, Zengwen Reservoir at 29.08 percent and Nanhua Reservoir is at 68.82 percent, the data showed.From 7am on June 4 to 7am today, the accumulated rainfall is expected to bring about 590 million tonnes of water into Taiwan’s major reservoirs, it showed.Of this total, inflow from rainfall into Zengwen and Wushantou Reservoirs is estimated at 160 million tonnes, Shimen Reservoir at 79.5 million tonnes and Nanhua Reservoir at 78.5 million tonnes, it showed.
