Water Source

Taiwan, located within the monsoon prone Asia and significantly subject to the summer monsoons and typhoons, is quite abundant in rainfall. Amidst the significantly unique environmental conditions, nevertheless, we are subject to inherent restrictions on the planning and utilization of water resources. Notwithstanding the aggregate total rainfall as bountiful as 103 billion tons, the actual amount of water available into or substantial use is merely about 11.7 billion tons. To put it in more understandable terms, the per capita average amount of freshwater is less than one-sixth of the world average. Taiwan is, therefore, still listed as one of the water-scarce countries of the world.

Beigang Creek is located in central and western Taiwan and is known as the boundary river between Yunlin County and Chiayi County.

The Beigang Creek basin covers a total area of 645.21 square kilometers, covering ten townships in Yunlin County and six townships in Chiayi County. The mainstream of the Creek is approximately 82.00 kilometers long as the tenth longest river of Taiwan. The stream is long and winding with very significantly high and low water levels during rain and dry seasons.

It mainly uses natural gravity to separate suspended solids or plume particles in water.