Taoyuan Sustainable Development Goals

The feature of Taoyuan City water culture is pond, which is to activate the pond function. In addition to opening up as a retention basin with irrigation functions, for areas with few parks, the existing pond is used to rebuild the retention basin parks, and at the same time, it can achieve disaster prevention and hydrophilicity Function.The Zhongyuan Pond Ecological Park and Longshan Pond Ecological Park detention basin has been completed in September 2023. Construction continues on two other detention basins: “Dashulin Ecological Park” and “Danan Pond Ecological Park.” They has been completed in January 2024. Construction for the “Badeyuan 74B Detention Basin” began in July 2022, and it is anticipated to be completed by June 2025, the current progress is about 51%.The City actively improves the living environment and rest space around the pond, creates the first pond patrol volunteer team in the country and plans a training guide course to protect the pond ecology.Currently, there are 10 teams located in Luzhu, Bade, Zhongli, and Yangmei districts, with about 120 volunteers.

Water Environment PatrolTaoyuan has many natural water environments, including coasts, rivers, ponds and reservoirs, etc., all of which need to rely heavily on the assistance of Water Environment Patrol. Since 2016, Water Environment Patrol has been recruited. As of May 2024, there are 69 Water Environment Patrol teams (including Enterprise 2 (Micron andAUO)) with a total of 2,558 members. Both the number of teams and the number of volunteers are the highest in the country. The patrol team collaborates with 54 enterprise river adoption units to jointly guard the main rivers and coast of Taoyuan City, including Laojie River, Nankan River, Xinjie River, Shezi River and Dahan River, etc. The length of patrol reached 175.109 kilometers. country.Guidance to Civil PatrolsTaoyuan City encourages environmental protection groups, companies and the community to take the initiative to set up Water Environment Patrol. It conducts patrol team visits and counseling every six months, and trains seed teachers and assists in reporting dirty spots. Through education training, rivers and beaches cleaning, volunteer training and other activities, combining the strength of the government and the people, we jointly maintain the water environment in Taoyuan. Through the adoption of sites, protection of wetlands, construction of riverbank trails/bike paths, maintenance of algae reef ecology, and the organization of related activities in cooperation with schools, the concept of understanding and caring for the environment is cultivated and put into practice in daily life.Effects of Water Environment PatrolFrom January to May 2024, Water Environment Patrol held 920 activities such as river and beach cleaning, water quality monitoring, and education on ecological conservation; 240 cases of hidden pipes and river pollution were reported and investigated; A total of 4,264 environmental inspections and cleanups were conducted; and 132 articles were published. The high-frequency patrols serve to deter malicious pollution. In the future, it can be expanded to environmental testing, ecological conservation and other fields, so that the water of Taoyuan City's rivers will become cleaner and the overall landscape may be beautified.