(1) River training, coast protection and drainage training etc.
The Bureau finished basic planning for River training during 1982-1985 and announced them. since 1986 river training and coast protection plans have been divided into three six-year plans, by 2003 it had already entered the sixth year of the third six-year plans. Previously, river training work has been finished to a length of 170,080 meters; drainage training work has been finished to a length of 48,712 meters.
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(2) Baoshan, Yongheshan Reservoirs and Longen Weir etc. Water resources Special Projects
The Bureau had special projects relating to water resources, Yongheshan and Baoshan Reservoir Projects were respectively completed during 1980-1985, 1980-1984, and the completion of Toucian River Longen Weir project was undertaken during 1994-1998. Hereinto Baoshan reservoir supplies water to the Hsinchu area for domestic use and to the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park for industrial use; Yongheshan reservoir supplies water for domestic and industrial use for the areas of Taofen, Chunan and Zaociao in Miaoli County; Longen Weir can supply water for the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park and for domestic use for the areas of Hsinchu, Chupei and Hukou at rainy seasons. For future the second reservoir of Baoshan would be finished, and add significantly to the supply ability by water resources united utilization measures.
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(3) Toucian River and Huolong River Low-water training Projects
The Bureau finished Toucian River and Huolong River low-water training (Include high bottomland leveling) projects during 1995-1999. Toucian River low-water training project has been completed approximately 5,650 meters, with high bottomland leveling and beautifully afforested area of about 195 hectares; Huolong River low-water training project has been completed about 2700 meters, with high bottomland leveling and beautifully afforested area of about 37 hectares. Most parts of the completed high bottomland have been opened as a River Park for the local people to exercise and relax in, by the local government.
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(4) Near-nature Engineering methods
As society has developed, and there is a greater recognition of the need for environmental protection, construction to restore natural ecological landscapes has gradually become the trend. Therefore the Bureau has actively advanced towards near nature methods of construction in terms of river training and coast protection in recent years.
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(5)Disaster treatment Due to typhoons Toraji and Nali
The Bureau proceeded rush repair and reconstruction of rivers and coasts, which suffered damage from Typhoons. Toraji and Nari in 2001, and finished 984 meters of dikes or embankments in rush-repair peviod, and reconstructed 37,097 meters.
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(6) Rivers and Coasts Management
‧Checking public land in Rivers:
Since 2001, the Bureau has started to check public land in Rivers, and up to 2003 the completed area comes to about 2,482 hectares.
‧2. Surveying of Rivers areas Demarcation:
Surveying of Areas such as Shamping tributaries of Taocian river. the Naluo tributary of Youluo River and the Wenshuei, Dahu, and Nanhu tributaries of the Huolong River, it totally finished channel length 26.75 kilometers to 2003.
‧River, Area Drainage and Water gate maintenance:
Cleaning up important river section on a regular basis, removing high plants and weed and spare read repair, etc.; cleaning up importantdrainage chanel on a regular basis, removing weeds, silt etc.; Subcontracting out to external organizations as regards maintenance of water gates and pumps every year.
‧Planting Permission for Public land in Rivers.
The number of public lands in River where planting permission were granted: Fongshan River totals 118, Touian River totals 637, Jhonggang River totals 5, Huolong River totals 45.
‧Patrol and Prosecution of Violations:
From 1999 to June 2003, of there were a total of 390 violations which were prosecuted.
‧Advocation on Flood Prevention and caring for rivers:
This may be done by holding concerts, special topic lecture, river drawing etc. large-scale promotions, to awake the consciousness of emphasizing flood prevention, caring for rivers and treasuring water resources.
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(7) Modernizing hydrological observation and establishing ground water monitoring station networks
The Bureau, in cooperation with Ministry of the Economic Affairs since 1999, has undertaken the "General Plan for the Modernization of Hydrological Observations in Taiwan". This will speed up the establishment of modern hydrologival observation networks, upgrade hydrological observation technology, improve the quality of basic water resources materials, advance the standard of water resources projects and the technology of flood forecasting. The Ministry of the Economic Affair also promoted the "General Plan for Groundwater Hydrology Observation Network in Taiwan", to add 19 automatically recorded grounwater observation stations (making up 40 wells) whose water levels would be recorded by the Bureau. The water Resource Agency entrusted to observe groundwater quality, set up basic water level and water-quality information of the Areas of Tao, Chu and Miao, to ensure the quality and safety of water, and to provide an important reference for water resources protection developing utilization, management, and cultivation, conited united utilization of both surface and ground water.
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