Water Resources Agency
The Water Resources Agency (WRA; Chinese: 經濟部水利署; pinyin: Jīngjì Bù Shuǐlì Shǔ) is the administrative agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Taiwan (ROC) responsible for water-related affairs.[3]
| 經濟部水利署 | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1946[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Republic of China |
| Headquarters | Nantun, Taichung |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| Website | www.wra.gov.tw |
History
The creation of Water Resources Agency dated back in 1946 under the Ministry of Water Conservancy of the central government of the Republic of China. The ministry was then downgraded and merged into the Water Conservancy Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1948. Within the agency, the Water Conservancy Department was created in 1949. The agency was then reorganized as the Water Resources Bureau of the ministry in 1996. Meanwhile, the Taiwan Provincial Government had Provincial Water Agencies. In 1947, it underwent reorganization to become Water Conservancy Bureau of the Department of Construction of the provincial government. In 1997 after the streamlining of the provincial government, the Water Conservancy Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs was created. The Water Resources Agency was created in 2002 with the combination of several agencies, such as Water Resources Bureau, Water Conservancy Agency and Taipei Water Resource Specific Committee.
Organizational structure
- Planning Division
- Hydrology Division
- Management Division
- River and Coast Division
- Conservation Division
- Construction Division
- Water Administration Division
- Land Management Division
- Information Management
- River Survey Team
- Water Hazard Mitigation Center
- Secretariat
- Personnel Office
- Budget, Accounting and Statistics Office
- Civil Service Ethics Office
- Water Resources Office
- River Management Office
- Taipei Water Management Office
- Water Resources Planning Institute
