New desalination plants to address water shortage – Taiwan

One of the plants, in Hsinchu City, is scheduled to begin trial operations in the middle of this month and provide 9,000 tonnes of water per day to the city by the end of this month, the agency said in a statement.

Construction of the other plant, in Kaohsiung, is almost complete, it said, adding that the plant is likely to begin trial operations by the end of the month.

Limits on water use remain in effect in parts of Taiwan, particularly in the south, where reservoirs have received little to no [
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