台灣面臨嚴重乾旱，供應苗栗地區用水的永和山水庫，水位低於取水口高度，已經無法自動出水，必須靠抽水機，才能把水庫的水抽出來；另外為了供應北彰化地區用水，除了在烏溪開鑿的2口伏流井，第3口伏流水井，也正在日夜趕工，預計在5月底完工，屆時將可供應每天5.5萬噸的水源。

Parts of Taiwan are still suffering an unrelenting drought. In Miaoli, Yongheshan reservoir has dropped to unprecedented low levels, revealing the relics of history. Ruins of old buildings, including