Chingtan Water Quality and Quantity Protection Area Preannounced as a Catchment Area above an Important Drinking Water Intake Point

摘要

In order to protect drinking water quality for the Greater Taipei area, the EPA has drawn up a plan to reclassify the Chingtan Water Quality and Quantity Protection Area as a catchment area above an important drinking water intake point. The reclassification has been preannounced and has now entered the stage of public hearings and deliberation. In the future raising pigs within the catchment area will be subject to up to one year of imprisonment, criminal detention or a fine being issued in accordance with the Water Supply Act.