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Center for Water Resources Management and Policy Research

                     

Director
Professor. Yu, Gwo-Hsing
Ph.D. Purdue University, USA

151, Ying-Chuan Road Tamsui, Taipei Hsien 25137 Taiwan, Republic of China
(TEL) 886-2-26215656 ext.2755

e-mail:wrmprc@water.tku.edu.tw

Introduction
Views
Goal
Objectives
Organization
Accomplishment
Special Features
Introduction

Water resources management and policy research center was established in May 1999, and has signed a contract of cooperation with the Water Resources Bureau, MOEA in January 2000. This center is dedicated to assist our government in reinforcing water resources management policy planning and propaganda.
I.Views
¡´To provide overall water resources policies;
¡´To establish scientific management of water resources;
¡´To lead the Taiwan's professionals into a new progressive vision of the world.

II.Goal
¡´Toward sustainability of water resources in Taiwan.

III.Objectives
¡´To foster advanced technology in water resources personnel;
¡´To integrate the inter-disciplinary knowledge;
¡´To inspire the Taiwan's professionals with new concepts.


IVOrganization

A. Technology Development Section
¡´ To practice hydrology analysis and water resources management technology research;
¡´ To provide basic theories of new technology for water management.

B. Irrigation Management Section
¡´To assist with extending the task of Irrigation Associations;
¡´To assist with setting up a law for administrative system of irrigation affairs.

C. Policy Extension Section
¡´To provide an overall concept and information to project the trend of domestic water resources management for the future.
¡´To couple with Government's policy to promote water conservation and preservation activities.


D. Policy Planning Section

¡´To undertake forecasting and studies to assist both public and private sector organization in formulating effective water resources strategies.
¡´To act as a 'think-tank' to help formulate strategies and methodologies to ensure sustainability of water resources.
¡´To develop, maintain and update a computerized information system including databank.
¡´To provide policymakers with reliable information about the effectiveness of existing policies and potential strategies for action.

E. Information Service Section
¡´To establish and maintain water resources information service website;
¡´To popularize the knowledge of water resources;
¡´To deliver daily water resources E-news.

F. Administration Section
¡´To assist with administrative works;
¡´To be in charge of human resources, management, and accounting affairs.

V.Accomplishment
1.In technology research and application, the main progress which have been made are as following:
¡´Recommending and evaluating modern hydrologic observation technologies.
¡´Standard operating procedure for hydrologic observation and data quality.
¡´Studying on hydrologic and water resources analysis methods and their standards.
¡´Research into scientific management method and strategies.
¡´Diversifying water resources management and river basin governance.
¡´Editing technique handbooks and educational training courses related with hydrology, water resource.
¡´Publishing the periodicals related with hydrology and water resources circumstances.

2.In a comprehensive planning service of the Irrigation management, the main progress which have been made are as following:
¡´Analyzing the trend of water resource development and assisting with planning the government's irrigation policy.
¡´Assisting with innovating the government's high-tech industry development and innovation.
¡´Providing the irrigation policy and standardization operation service.
¡´Auditing the Irrigation Association affairs and editing standardization operation procedure.
¡´Organizing, analysis, enriching the Irrigation Association basic data.

3.In policy extension and information service, the main progress which have been made are as following:
¡´Creating water-related round table forums and seminars to organize the experts' opinion.
¡´Creating seminar and exhibition to give information to the general public, and extending the public affairs.
¡´Promoting lecture classroom training for Land Subsidence Prevention instructors.
¡´Involving the private and government organizations in water resources task.
¡´Issuing water resources E-news and collecting new water resources knowledge.
¡´Integrating water resource news and knowledge database and offering search engine to provide knowledge service.
¡´Establishing information service website and digital learning section to provide water information service.

VI.Special Features
1. water resources policy and hydrologic technology
¡´White Paper for water resources policy
¡´Present Water Resources Policy Program
¡´Water Saving Measures
¡´Follow-up project (phase II) for modernizing hydraulic observation in Taiwan.
¡´Resources integration and strategy planning of water resources technology development.
¡´Preliminary research and demonstrative project for construction of hydrologic observation technology crops.
¡´The assessment and planning of water supply for Kinmen-Matsu area from Mainland China.
¡´The feasibility assessment of incorporating Te-Chi reservoir management committee into Water Resources Agency.
¡´Creating the rational limit of multipurpose water use.
¡´A feasibility assessment of water conservation policy of industry water
use in Taiwan.
¡´Assessment of the effect of Fei-tsuei reservoir inflow caused by digging Ping-lin tunnel.
¡´Construction discharge-duration curve for lacking-data areas in Kao-ping chi watershed.
¡´Frequency analysis for soil and water conservation engineering design based on distribution free plotting position method.
¡´Applying order series to time series simulation and forecast.

2. Educational extension and knowledge management
¡´Promoting lecture classroom training and the concept of land subsidence prevention.
¡´Establishment of the website for extension of land subsidence prevention.
¡´Professional water resources database in information system in Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
¡´The website for water resources association information service in each cooperation center of Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
¡´The website for the application of rational limit of multipurpose water use.
¡´The Taiwan's website for the 3rd world water forum.
¡´The website for the 2003 national water conference and its series forums.
¡´The website for the introduction of paddy field environmental condition in Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan.

3. Agricultural irrigation development and management
¡´Execution project of the first direct election of president and committee member in Taiwan's Irrigation Associations (protocol).
¡´The standard guide line for irrigation and drainage management for Irrigation Association (protocol).
¡´The standard guide line for diversifying operations for Irrigation Associations (protocol).
¡´The fifth national Farmer's Association conference- irrigation.
¡´Annual review of business operation for Taiwan's Irrigation Associations.
¡´The multipurpose of water usage variation analysis.
¡´Revision of Irrigation Association's human resource operation handbook.
¡´Revision of the introduction of Taiwan Irrigation History.
¡´Revision of the introduction of Department of Irrigation and Engineering in Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan.


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