6.5.3) Off-campus water conservation support
Support water conservation off campus.

Taiwan has abundant rainfall, but due to the short length of rivers, rain waters are not easy to retain. Thus, the precious water resources are retained through the construction of reservoirs. The faculty of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of TKU and the National Taiwan University formed a research team, combined with the big data of the Meteorological Bureau's typhoon path, and used AI technology to predict rainfall in the catchment area. Data are given to the Shimen Reservoir Management Center two days in advance to facilitate the decision-making reference of the reservoir's regulatory water release. The faculties of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of TKU published the paper on the research and development process with "Self-organizing maps of typhoon tracks allow for flood forecasts up to two days in advance" in the 2020 Nature Communications Volume 11, Article Number: 1983 (2020). This forecast result provides the Shimen Reservoir to adjust the water volume during the typhoon season to meet the water demand of households, agriculture, and industry in Northern Taiwan.