China News Agency, Taipei, April 22. Under the continuing drought in Taiwan, the water level of Sun Moon Lake continues to drop, and some areas have dried up and turf has grown.

Its management office announced on the 22nd that for safety reasons, the Shuishe wharf will be closed from the 23rd, and only one wharf in Tan District will remain in normal operation.

　　According to reports from the Central News Agency, United News Network and other media, statistics from the Taiwan Water Resources Agency show that the water level of the Sun Moon Lake Reservoir at 7 am on the 22nd is 736 meters, which is 12 meters lower than the full water level, and the water storage capacity is about 32%.

Previously, Chaowu Wharf and Xuanguang Wharf were closed due to the drop in water level. At present, only Ita Thao Wharf is operating normally and is available for tourists to take boats. However, due to the drop in water level, seats are limited.

　　According to reports, the stacked nine frogs in Sun Moon Lake have all exposed their bases. Some coastal areas are now dry and cracked, with large turf growing, and old items such as rocks and garbage at the bottom of the lake are exposed.

The pontoon for embarkation and disembarkation of tourists is as high as a three-story building, so the management department gradually closed the pier.

　　There are also Taiwanese people who "make fun in suffering", jokingly claiming that Sun Moon Lake has become a "green grassland" and treating the "drought spectacle" as an alternative check-in point to take pictures.

There are also Taiwanese netizens who claim that they have retrieved their mobile phones at the bottom of a dry lake and discovered ancient tombstones.

　　However, Sun Moon Lake is not just a tourist attraction, it also undertakes important functions such as hydroelectric power generation and water supply for the people's livelihood.

At present, the water level is lowered and the water quality is also affected. The situation is not optimistic.

The Daguan Power Plant near Sun Moon Lake stated at the end of last month that if there is no more water before May, it may no longer be able to supply downstream farmland.

The director of the factory once stated that the minimum safe power generation water level of 732 meters has been set. If it does not rain again, the only option is to give priority to water supply and stop power generation.

　　In the afternoon of the 18th, there were showers in Sun Moon Lake, which made the local people cheered.

But because it only lasted more than ten minutes, there was no "account" for the reservoir.

　　In fact, the water storage capacity of all reservoirs in Taiwan has hit new lows. In particular, the water conditions in central Taiwan are even more tight. In early April, the water supply control measures of "5 stop and 2" were initiated for the first time.

According to statistics from Taiwan's online shopping platform "Xiapi Shopping", the number of searches for water-saving and water-storing tools has increased 10 times since the water situation was in crisis.

　　Under such a bitter drought, several Taiwanese media have questioned where the DPP authorities spent more than NT$200 billion in the “forward-looking construction” of the water environment in the past eight years, and why half of the budget has been implemented, but in exchange for the “providers”. "5 stop 2" "effect".

In a poll conducted by the "United Daily News" recently on this issue and involving nearly 9,000 people, nearly 60% of the people questioned the fraud of forward-looking water control and believed that the authorities were responsible for the current water shortage.

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