symposium 2025-04-03
- in taiwan, large hydroelectric power stations needed to be built
close to mountains in the aboriginal district
- 日月潭 begins as a natural lake and expanded through controlled
flooding
- taiwan total elec capacity in 1919: 11000 kw
- 日月潭 proposed output: 120000 kw
- fundraising through private bondselling in US market, 1930s
- until late 20th c taiwans power mix overwhelmingly hydro
- what to do w/ massive excess electricity production
- aluminum production in gaoxiong
- watershed management: wushe dam and wujie dam built in close
proximity to manage and surveil water quality, reduce silt and
regularize flooding
- information gathering infrastructure: lookout towers, experimental
watersheds
- population relocation > reduce enviromental burden