Reclaimed Water Resources Development Act Article 4

The initiated or modified development of the developer proposing the water consumption plan shall use a certain percentage of systemic reclaimed water pursuant to the water consumption plan approved by the central competent authority.A developer of an approved water consumption plan whose actual water consumption of initiated or modified development each year deviates from the water consumption plan to a certain percentage or a certain size according to the audit shall submit a variance analysis report to the central competent authority for its review. The developer shall then adjust the water consumption plan according to the review result and use a certain percentage of systemic reclaimed water.If there is no wastewater (sewage) or effluent water collected from the sewer systems available for a developer who should use a certain percentage of systemic reclaimed water pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Paragraphs, non-systemic reclaimed water or other alternatives shall be used according to the approved water consumption plan or the review result of the variance analysis report.The scope of application, percentage, size, alternatives and other binding matters with respect to the developer’s use of reclaimed water as specified in the preceding three Paragraphs shall be determined by the central competent authority in consultation with the competent authority governing such industry. The aforementioned matters shall be reviewed once every three years.