Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs November 7, 2018 1 1. Challenge

2. Opportunity

3. Promotion

4. Vision

2 1. Challenge

3 Steep terrain, Uneven Distribution of Rainfall Time and Area, Safety must still be the highest consideration Uneven Rainfall, Taking Zengwun Reservoir as the River Gradient Comparison Chart example (Abundant:Dry=9:1) River upper reaches gradient mostly over 1/100

Dry Period Abundant Period Dry Period

Steep Slope and Fast Flowing Water Cannot Keep Water

Estuary Average Rainfall Average Annual

4 Distance (km)

Worsened Coastal Erosion Increased Flood Frequency Worsened Soil Sand Disaster Increased Drought Risk

4 Friendly Interaction between People and Water in the Past

Disaster Prevention is taken in priority consideration, however, after the embankment is completed, it has caused the change of relationship between people and water ─ alienated and strange to each other.

Yunlin River Covered Laojie River Covered Annong River

Change of relationship between people and water 5 Harmful businesses discharge waste water illegally The water quality is hot integrated and improved in synchronization, the water domain is lack of natural vitality, cannot create a waterside sustainable environment.

Kaohsiung - Houjin River Taoyuan - Laojie River

6  Source of Information: TVBS, Above Cinema, Inc. Urban Planning : Gradually Implementing Sewerage Pipeline Connection. Non-Urban Planning 【 Urban Planning District: District】 Currently only implementing water quality improvement with gravel treatment method

Current Regulation Wall 【 Non-Urban Planning District】

Filled Gravel Sewage interception Sludge Storage Tank 7 The relevant Ministries and Councils invest in project individually; the resources were not concentrated and integrated in synchronization.

The improvement of water environment requires the alignment of resources by all Ministries and Councils, and joint investment Council of Ministry of Agriculture Transportation and (Water Conservation and Communications Fisheries (Tourism Bureau and Related Units) (Highway Units)

Ministry of Environmental Education Protection Ministry of the (Sports Administration) Interior Torrent Administration (Construction and Environment Planning Agency) Recreational Creation Landscape, Fishery Trench Highway Installation Coordinated Bicycle lane and Sewage interception Reconstruction and gravel cross purification, effluent Wetland creation, detention (suspension) replenishment, water pond recreational landscape, bridge source purification planting beautification, Installation sewage treatment facilities 8 2. Opportunity

9 1. the change of governance thinking Create a safe and natural waterfront environment

Build embankment for flood control with Excellent quality waterfront rigid structure environment

Yilan River Yongjin 1st Bridge Lower Reaches Section Yilan River Yongjin 1st Bridge Lower Reaches Section

Then Now

Flood detention and ecological and landscape Overgrown with weed, messy landscape functions

Dianbao River Detention Pond Dianbao River Detention Pond 10 2. Garner the Domestic Forward-looking Consensus

Garner the Consensus in National Water Forum: More than 125 groups and more than 600 people participated in the discussion on water and safety, development, environment and opportunities, and garnered 15 consensuses and 14 action plans. Cross Ministries and Councils Active Negotiations: The Executive Yuan convened 15 meetings on water resources construction and development plans, water environment and water treatment plan researches and discussions.

11 3. The Water Environment Construction Started

 On July 5, 2017, the Legislative Yuan passed the "Special Act for Forward-Looking Infrastructure"  On July 10, 2017, the Executive Yuan approved the Plan for the "National Water Environment Improvement Program".  The President announced the Special Budget for the Phase One of "Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program"

on September 13, 2017. Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program 【Water Environment Construction】

Water and Development Water and Safety Water and Environment Blending of Water and Bank, Environmental12 Create Water Source, Resource Sustainability Sea Stretched around Taiwan, Homeland Security Optimization 4. Water Environment Improvement Program - Objective

Water and Environment Optimize Water Quality, Create Water Environment Blending of Water and Bank, Environmental13 (Water Friendly) Optimization

1. With the objective of “Glamorous Waterfront” to create blending of water and bank, improve environmental optimization and promote the national water environment improvement. National Water Environment 2. Cross Ministries and Councils coordinate and Improvement integrate, concentrate resources, and create at least Program one waterside bright spot for each county or city, to restore the waterfront vitality and the waterside sustainable environment. 5. Water Environment Improvement Program - Characteristics

Waterfront environment landscape, culture, Adopt Competition characteristics complete Mechanism, Select the most planning, water quality perfect and beneficial plan to improvement is the key be included first Comprehensive Competitive

Establish a Cross Integrated Expediting Ministries and Councils Integrate the resources of all Initiative Committee, to Ministries and Councils, integrate and coordinate align resources, and expedite the opinions of all Ministries the process. and Councils

14 5. Water Environment Improvement Program - Characteristics

Executive Yuan

All Ministries and Set up workshops to communicate Councils jointly Ministry of Economic Affairs closely with the review and invest (Central Competent Authority) funds according to public to meet the the consensus local needs Cross Ministries and Councils Initiative Committee

Ministry of Environmental Ministry of Ministry of Council of Ministry of Transportation and Protection the Interior Economic Affairs Agriculture Education Communications Administration

Detention pond Sewage facility recreational and River, drainage, Torrent, farm Bicycle lane and landscape, interception Recreation Area coast and land drainage, cross planting purification, Characteristic detention pond fisheries (suspension) beautification, effluent Landscape environment environment bridge sewage replenishment, creation creation Installation treatment water source facilities purification

15 3. Promotion

16 The Water Environment Improvement Program shall adopt cross- domain cooperation, give priority to water quality improvement

Phase One Special Budget Full-term Program Budget 6 Billions 28 Billions

 Waterfront Environment  Water Quality  Fisheries Improvement Environment  Waterfront  Sewage (2 Billions) Environment Treatment  Water Quality Fisheries (12 Billions) Improvement  Environment  Sewage Recreation Treatment  Area (4 Billions) (16 Billions)

Water Quality Product Water Quality Product Percentage 67% Percentage 43% 17 Water Environment Improvement Program - Initiative Activities (1): Reduce cement facility layout during design

Adopt the Method of Construction Design in line with Local Circumstances • Under the premise of safety, with suiting the local circumstances and obtaining local materials, to research the multi-porosity related method of construction design in line with the habitat construction, moderately mitigate the use of concrete, to reduce the environmental landscape damage and increase the biological habitat spaces.

Replace river rebuilding with the concept of river restoration • Introduce ecological inspection, incorporate water quality improvement, pollution treatment, landscape and habitat creation, and restore the original river vitality through changes in systems and concepts.

Select the Excellent Model Promotion through the Water Environment Awards Competition

• Through the Water Environment Awards Competition, to identify the water environment improvement model or method with the highest recognition, and further promote and expand the effectiveness of the Program.

18 Water Environment Improvement Program - Initiative Activities (2): Implement ecological inspection operations

Taking bird habitat as the example

Survey and Inspection

Avoidance (Avoid Contact) Implement ecological inspection operations performed by all phases

• The County and City Government Consultants Group shall assist the local governments to Reduction integrate the water environment business of all bureaus and departments, and assist in the handling of ecological surveys and inspection operations, and adopt relevant corresponding measures according to the current situation to implement ecological conservation strategies for avoidance, reduction, mitigation and compensation.

Mitigation • Conduct planning to manage educational training and workshops, and invite relevant experts and (Environmental Impact) scholars to guide the ecological issues and inspection methods to achieve the purpose of ecological inspection. Habitat • Establish a cross ministries and councils "Review and Assessment Team" to assess and program Compensation and supervise the local governments, to implement ecological inspection operations. (Man-made Nests) 19 Water Environment Improvement Program - Initiative Activities (3): Strengthen the mechanism of public participation

Implement the explanation session or workshop operations of all phases

• Invite the people in community and NGOs to participate jointly through the work explanation sessions or public hearings, and incorporate the “Public Recognition” indicator as the focus of evaluation, integrate and collect opinions of all units and establish the consensus first, followed by incorporate in the proposal program.

Strengthen the Local Consultation Group Platform

• Through the Local Consultation Group Platform, hold regular meetings to invite representatives of local relevant citizen groups, experts and scholars to exchange opinions on the subsidy case by Water Resources Agency on the Water Environment Program.

Regular Information Disclosure

• Information Disclosure is the basis for citizen participation, the information will continue to be disclosed subsequently and update the progress of the Program and relevant achievement timely. 20 Water Environment Improvement Program - Initiative Activities (4): County and City Governments implement horizontal communication operations

All county and city governments strengthen the coordination and integration of all bureaus and departments. • Because the details of National Water Environment Improvement Program covers waterfront, water quality, ecology, culture, recreation, tourism and other aspects, it is necessary to coordinate and communicate with cross bureaus and departments, in order to complete the styles and features of overall water environment improvement.

The dedicated person shall preside over the cross bureaus and departments meeting

• All County and City Governments are required to set up dedicated conveners responsible for overall coordination of the cross bureaus and departments operations, to facilitate the smooth advancement of currently managed water environment approved projects and the overall planning report operation for the subsequent submitted projects can be performed effectively, to expand the effectiveness of water environment improvement projects.

21 4. Vision

22 Yilan County Annong River Public-Private Cooperation

1. Excellent Quality Projects and Characteristics

Improve the old conditions of overgrown weed around Annong River, create the overall environment of the waterfront, combine the water green life and industry, and create the "Danube" of Taiwan version

Need the Local Government or NGO to Adopt Rivers

First River Manageme nt Office Mutual Dependence Resource Dependent of Public-Private Connection Sectors Relationship Cross Domain Coordination Public-Private Annong Cooperation River Sanshing General Development Administration Association

Assist and Maintain the Maintain the Bright Spot of River Environment after "Marketing Sanshing with Protection and Annong River" Improvement 23 Enhance social image of NGO, Public-Private Mitigate the maintenance and management Cooperation expenditure burden of the Government.

Farmer's Market

Aerial View over Annong River

Draw from Nature

Evening Party of Chinese Valentine's Day Bicycle Bicycle Hotspot Hiking

Boating Grass Concert 24 Integrated Water Environment Improvement Program

Hsinchu Excellent Quality Water Environment

Waterfront Landscape System Framework

Hsinchu Fishing Port Landscape 17 Kilometers of Coastal Area Ecological Landscape Axis Along the coastal area, under the situation of safety concern, it is considered to revive the once abundant diversified ecological environment texture.

Touqian River Ecological Landscape Axis River is the blue belt of city landscape, but damaged in the high density development. The buffer zone shall be installed in the future and added with the element of ecological landscape Old to revive the elegant demeanor of river. 17 Downtown City Canal Ecological Kilometers Area Landscape Belt of Coastal Keya River Canal Ecological Landscape Belt Following the city development, most canals are Ecological forced to go underground. In the future, for the Landscape area can be opened up to allow the canal to revive Axis the past memory with brand new appearance, and bring the past ecological environment back to the lives of citizens. Hsinchu Harbor Image Landscape Area As the primary offshore fishing port of Taiwan west coast, in the future, more oceanic element shall be added to reflect the landscape spaces with harbor color

25 Xinfeng Potou Fishing Port Water Environment Improvement Program Location

Sea Xinfeng Coastal Water Environment Improvement

Crescent Moon Bay Overall Landscape Environment Improvement Construction

Ecological Restoration and Landscape Connection Construction for both Shores of Fengshan River

Niupu River Ecological Environment Landscape Construction

Hsinchu County High Speed Rail Bridge (Lung-En Weir) of Touqian Hsinchu Left Shore Highland Beach Old Port Landscape Improvement River Left Shore Lower Reaches River Section Construction Water Environment Improvement Project Highland Beach Water Environment Green Improvement Construction - Phase 1 Jhulin Bridge of Touqian River Left Shore Lower Hsinchu Left Shore Touqian River Embankment Reaches River Section North Shore Riverside Park Rear Slop Environment Improvement Construction - Phase 2 Project

Hsinchu Left Shore under Touqian River Bridge Simple Green Beautification Construction River Zhudong Township Zhongxing Hsinchu Left Shore along the Coast Landscape River Channel Sewage Improvement Project Interception Construction Project

Mountain Yangang River Upper Reaches Living Circle Water Environment Landscape Improvement planning Improvement of the Waterside Recreational Environment in the Qingquan Scenery Specific Area

Hsinchu County Water Environment Related Projects Source of Information:26 Hsinchu City Water Environment Related Projects Hsinchu City Government Uncover Yunlin River restores the magnificence of waterfront in the past

Uncovered Section About 180 Meters

Zhuangjing Road In order to purify the water quality condition at the upper reaches section of Yunlin River, and ensure the clean water at the lower stream reaches uncovered canal section, Upper Stream Interception to improve the water quality of upper reaches canal Canal Section section with interception construction project.

Planned Site for Natural 27 Purification Plant The upper reaches section of Yunlin River Yunlin River has been the place for fishing, clear water washing and water playing and it is now the parking lot and gourmet food court. In the future, it will aim to "water control and flood control", "urban regeneration", "ecological waterside" and "industrial prosperity" as the objectives to create the image of "Ancient Small town, Waterfront Scenery".

Source of Information:28 Government Changhua Lukang River Revival Program

Legend

Range Line of Planning Design

River Channel Direction during Golden Age A forest of masts at Lukang The "Royal Palace" used Current Existing River Channel

Drainage promoted prosperity to be the important Dock Area in front of the of Lukang city streets merchant guild of "Royal Palace" Lukang - Location of Xiamen Guild Hall Historical Landscape of Lukang River Drainage

Affected by Several Flooding and Diversions of Jhuoshuei River during late Qing Dynasty, Lukang Drainage was Damaged by Siltation 1. Boat Mooring Scenario at Mullet Hut in the Past

Excavated Yuanlin Main Drainage during Japanese Colonial Period, Captured Water Sources from Middle and Upper Reaches of 2. Ghost Festival Held by the Lukang River Side of Lukang River Drainage

The Lower Reaches or River Channel was converted to the River Area of Fuxing Urban Planning Development Area 3. Lukang River Drainage29 Slop in Rebuilding Historical Culture Overall Living Circle 1. Combine living and environmental 1. Allow the historical culture spaces waterfront spaces. interact with living. 2. Assess the waterside area and 2. Combine the environment with activities with environment. historical explanation education. 3. Human-oriented moving line 3. Incorporate traditional elements system. into new spaces.

Water Quality 1. Install interception pipeline on both banks to intercept sewage. 2. Inject the flowing new living water. 3. Purify water quality with nature way.

Local Industries Natural Ecology 1. Combine the crafts industry and 1. Introduce river ecology work tourism. method to create ecological habitat. 2. Highlight the urban personality and 2. LID low impact development artistic beauty. applications. 3. Emphasize local traditional culture.

30 Villages and Alleys Landscape Beautification: Sewage Treatment System: Beautify the Villages and Alleys, Nodal Points The intercept sewage discharged into lower Landscapes connecting between the core area reaches of Lukang River after treatment by the between Lukang River and Lukang Township "Lukang Fuxing Sewerage System" Water Resource Recycle Center

Recreation Spaces of Blue / Green Belt: Create 1.5km water front landscape environment

Water Source: Bring water from the Zhongxing Drainage, Qiaotou Second Drainage, Yuanlin Main Drainage through in situ treatment and water quality purification

31 Landscape Green Belt

Riverbank Spaces of Comfortable Living, Slow Living, Happy Living (or Lohas, Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability)

Activity Space Stepping stones crossing Waterside Create an ancient style waterfront Connection both sides of the water Trail recreational and commercial spaces

Source of Information:32 Government Urban drainage – LiuChuan Canal, LuChuan Canal

LiuChuan Canal

The poetic and artistic LiuChuan Canal in the Dramatic increase of residences, civil sewage past, once had the laudatory title of the River of drained to river directly Shoukyouto.

It is transformed into three-sided light Revetment LiuChuan Canal after rebuilt. 33 Through Water Environment Program Improvement ...

The first underground gravel aeration purification Upper Reaches Section plant in Taichung (Prior Phase Construction)

China Water Purification Plant

Zhongzhengliu Bridge - Minquanliu Bridge LID-BMP Demonstration Construction Project

Lower Reaches Section (This Phase Construction) The first metropolitan LID riverbank spaces in Taiwan

34 Restore the green habitat of LiuChuan Canal and wake up the memories of past history...

0 100m

1. Willow Flower Trail 2. Landscape Stone Scenery 3. Riverfront Trail Before After Source of Information: Water Resources35 Bureau of Taichung City Government LuChuan Canal China Water Purification Plant

LiuChuan Canal Formerly known as "Xinsheng Creek", full of humanities and historical background, greenery along the bank with beautiful scenery.

LuChuan Canal

36 Before Construction

During Construction

Breaking the Newly Laid River Covered Regular Supervision Concrete Canal Bottom Rockery Revetment Section Construction of Construction After Construction Completed

37 Use the low impact development design, reserve more green spaces and conduct planning for pedestrian and bicycle lanes along the bank extended to Hangou Ditch, connect Dakang Bridge Project for form the water park trail, to allow more close interaction between riverbank and people. Landscape Primary Trees Schematic Map Waterfront Recreational Ecological River Trail Grass Slop Aquatic Channel Fish Shelter Plants

Source of Information: Water Resources Bureau of Taichung City Government

Waterfront Activities Recreational Green Spaces Bicycle Lane Cross Bridge 38 Create a Glamorous Waterfront and 2. Objective Create a Bright Spot for every County/City 3. Vision Vision Community Association CommunityNGO PublicAssociation Participation NGO Public Participation Joint Hand Cooperation Local Central Government Government Local Joint Hand Cooperation Central GovernmentCreate Outstanding Quality Waterfront EnvironmentGovernment Create Outstanding Quality

Waterfront EnvironmentWater Resources Agency Water Resources County / City ConstructionAgency and Government ConstructionPlanning Agency and County / City Planning Agency EnvironmentalEnvironmental Government ProtectionProtection AdministrationAdministration Council of Agriculture Council of Agriculture 40 Create a close to water and combine the river safety protection and three aspects of living, ecological and production sustainable water environment to create a three-win waterside spaces that integrates human culture, water culture and ecological culture.

Yuejin Water Environment Improvement Vision Map 41 Yilan Annong Riverside 42