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Event Date:2025-04-02~2025-05-15
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Date :2025-04-02
To strengthen the capabilities of each Management Office to deal with emergency response to water quality incidents, the Irrigation Agency held the “2024 Irrigation Water Quality Emergency Response Drill” on November 12, 2024 at the water intake of the main line of Babao No. 1 Canal drainage system for irrigation and the upstream of the third branch line of Babao Canal pertaining to Changhua Management Office, as well as the square in front of the Yuanquan Community Activity Center in Ershui Township, Changhua County. Around 70 people from each Management Office participated in the drill, wherein the colleagues from Changhua Office cooperated in conducting the Drill Scenario 1: a highly urgent and sensitive complex pollution episode, and Scenario 2: a complete drill for oil spill emergency response, including incident notification, application admissibility, judgment and decision making, and emergency response measures, as well as processing until the emergency pollution was resolved. After the drill, each Management Office was requested to participate in group practice, including the practice of oil booms, oil skimmers and oil absorbent cotton. Professional manufacturers were invited to teach correct use of various emergency equipment on site, and colleagues from each Management Office were required to practice, on the side of the canal, how to apply the equipment to the situations of irrigation water pollution.
Team Leader Hung Ming-Te, Senior Specialist Huang Chiung-Yao and Division Chief Chen Yen-Hsu of the Agricultural Water Resources Department were present to provide guidance. Director Hsu, Deputy Director Liao and Management Team Leader of Changhua Office participated in the entire drill. Team Leader Hung affirmed the active participation of colleagues from each Management Office in the drill, hoping that they would be able to duly respond when faced with an emergency, it was hoped to mitigate the potential impact of pollution incidents on irrigation water quality and the food safety of agricultural products.