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The project cost NT$2.354 billion and includes intake facilities designed for 100,000 tonnes a day, as well as a water-pipe bridge about 945 metres long.","The agency said the new source will contribute to stable supplies in southern Taiwan. It reported that the Gaoping River system’s subsurface-water capacity is projected to reach 900,000 tonnes a day in 2026, 550,000 tonnes above the 2017 level; these are system-wide figures, not the output of this project alone."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"TW","data":{"blocks":[{"columns":[{"key":"value1","label":{"ar":"تكلفة المشروع","de":"Projektkosten","en":"Project cost","es":"Costo del proyecto","fr":"Coût du projet","pt":"Custo do projeto","tr":"Proje maliyeti"},"type":"number","unit":"billion TWD"},{"key":"value2","label":{"ar":"قدرة السحب المصممة","de":"Geplante Entnahmekapazität","en":"Designed intake capacity","es":"Capacidad de captación diseñada","fr":"Capacité de captage prévue","pt":"Capacidade de captação projetada","tr":"Tasarım su alma kapasitesi"},"type":"number","unit":"metric tons per day"},{"key":"value3","label":{"ar":"طول جسر أنابيب المياه","de":"Länge der Rohrbrücke","en":"Water-pipe bridge length","es":"Longitud del puente de tuberías","fr":"Longueur du pont de conduites","pt":"Comprimento da ponte de tubulações","tr":"Boru köprüsü uzunluğu"},"type":"number","unit":"metres"}],"description":{"ar":"بيانات المشروع التي أعلنتها وكالة الموارد المائية التايوانية عند اكتماله.","de":"Offizielle Projektangaben der Wasserbehörde zum Abschluss.","en":"Official project figures reported by Taiwan’s Water Resources Agency on completion.","es":"Datos publicados por la agencia taiwanesa al finalizar la obra.","fr":"Données publiées par l’agence taïwanaise à l’achèvement.","pt":"Dados oficiais divulgados pela agência na conclusão.","tr":"Tayvan Su Kaynakları Ajansının proje tamamlandığında açıkladığı resmî veriler."},"id":"taiwan-laonong-river-subsurface-water-project-completed","methodology":{"ar":"نُقلت القيم من البيان؛ السعة هي قدرة السحب المصممة، أما توقعات إمدادات النظام النهري المذكورة في الخبر فمستبعدة من جدول المشروع.","de":"Werte aus der Mitteilung; die Kapazität bezeichnet die geplante Entnahme. 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Kapasite tasarım su alma kapasitesidir; nehir sisteminin haberde belirtilen gelecek arz tahminleri bu proje verilerine dahil edilmez."},"rows":[{"value1":2.354,"value2":100000,"value3":945}],"sourceUrls":["https://www.moea.gov.tw/mns/Populace/news/News.aspx?kind=1&menu_id=40&news_id=124285"],"title":{"ar":"مشروع مياه نهر لاونونغ","de":"Wasserprojekt am Laonong-Fluss","en":"Laonong River water project","es":"Proyecto hídrico del río Laonong","fr":"Projet d’eau de la rivière Laonong","pt":"Projeto hídrico do rio Laonong","tr":"Laonong Nehri su 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