The Baoshan Second Dam () is a
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
in
Baoshan Township,
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County (Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
History
In 1986, the planning team of Water Resources Bureau of the
Taiwan Provincial Government
The Taiwan Provincial Government was the government that governed Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.
History
At the ...
conducted preliminary study for a dam exploration to alleviate water scarcity problem in Hsinchu County in the future. In 1989, the initial planning to construct the dam began and the feasibility study started in 1993. In 1995, the Project Plan for the Second Baoshan Reservoir in Hsinchu County was proposed. The construction began in April 1997 and completed in June 2006.
In 2020, the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
announced that it would increase the height of the dam to increase the total water supply of Taiwan.
Technical specifications
The dam is an
embankment
Embankment may refer to:
Geology and geography
* A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea
* Embankment (earthworks), a raised bank to carry a road, railwa ...
type of dam. It spans over 58 meters high, 350 meters long with a volume of 2,052,000 m
3. It produces a reservoir with a catchment area of 2.88 km
2, full water level area of 1.93 km
2 and a maximum depth of 151.73 meters. It has a total capacity of 31,900,000 m
3 with effective capacity of 31,340,000 m
3.
See also
*
List of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan
This is a partial listing of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan (Republic of China).
List of dams and reservoirs
See also
* List of power stations in Taiwan
References
*
Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan(Taiwan Water Resources Agency ...
*
Baoshan Dam
The Baoshan Dam () is a dam located in Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. The dam supplies water to Hsinchu City and cooling water to factories in Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park.
History
The dam was initially constructed in 1981 an ...
References
2006 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Hsinchu County
Dams completed in 2006
Dams in Taiwan
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