Taiwan’s Water Resource Agency to begin excavating sediment from dams

TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the useful lives of southern reservoirs are threatened by the accumulation of typhoon-induced silt deposits, the Water Resource Agency (WRA) and related officials have put their heads together to find the best method for excavating sediment from the dams, and in turn provide sustainable reservoir management for the future…

Source: The China Post, December 16, 2009;