Shuangxi Reservoir geological dispute: Chen Wenshan assesses dam site as stable, 4-5 unidentified faults off the coast of Gongliao await assessment

The Water Resources Agency restarted the Shuangxi Reservoir development plan. Legislator Huang Guochang questioned the dam site geology and dam body safety at the Legislative Yuan Economics Committee on December 28. In response to the request for questioning, the Water Resources Agency held a forum on the morning of February 13 at the Taipei Water Source Specific Area Management Bureau, inviting the New Taipei City Government, experts and scholars, and local residents of Shuangxi to discuss geology and safety.

Since the Water Resources Agency restarted the Shuangxi Reservoir plan, the opposition camp has repeatedly opposed building the reservoir at Dinglankeng on the grounds that the soil and rock at the dam site are loose and have repeatedly collapsed, that there are many relics of unregistered coal mining pits from the past, and that the Quchi Fault passes through the area; moreover, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake had just struck Hualien on February 6, making the fault activity at the dam site once again a topic of attention.