Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen County celebrated on Monday the completion of an expansion of a local desalination plant that should help increase freshwater supplies and ease the threat of water shortages in the island county.

Speaking at the celebration ceremony, Kinmen County government secretary-general Lin Te-kung (林德恭) said the expanded plant will contribute significantly to supplying the county’s water needs.

According to the Water Resources Agency (WRA), the facility is expected to supply 4,000 cubic meters of freshwater per day, up from its daily production of 500 cubic meters before the project began.

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