中央對直轄市及縣市政府再生水開發案建設費用補助辦法

These Regulations are enacted pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Reclaimed Water Resources Development Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act").

1Reclaimed Water Development Projects initiated by the competent authorities of the municipality or county (city) as referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Act shall mean the Reclaimed Water Development Projects submitted by the municipality or county (city) governments that are not located in regions with the likelihood of undersupply of water resources, and meet one of the following conditions:

21. All or part of the water supply quantity used by existing water supply users is replaced with the reclaimed water developed.

32. Required by other major industrial policies or regional development plans approved by the Executive Yuan.

1The competent authorities of the municipality or county (city) submitting the Reclaimed Water Development Projects according to Paragraph 2 of Article 5 and Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Act shall provide the Reclaimed Water Development Project plan and apply to the central competent authority for the construction cost subsidies of related reclaimed water facilities (hereinafter referred to as the “Construction Costs”).

2If the implementation of the Reclaimed Water Development Project in the preceding Paragraph is combined with the public sewer system or incorporated into the existing public sewer system, the application for Construction Cost subsidies shall be made to the central competent authority for sewer systems.

3The contents of the Reclaimed Water Development Project plan regarding application for Construction Cost subsidies in the preceding two Paragraphs shall be formulated in accordance with the Directions for Editing and Deliberation of Medium- and Long-Term Individual Projects of Executive Yuan Subordinate Agencies or the format required by the agency accepting the subsidy application.

1For applications in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, the subsidy ratio and procedures are subject to the Guidelines for Financial Planning Review of Major Water Work Construction Projects and shall be approved only after deliberation; for applications in accordance with Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article, the subsidy ratio and procedures shall follow those for sewage projects in the Regulations Governing Subsidies to Municipality or County (City) Government by the Central Government, and shall be approved only after deliberation.

2In order to facilitate the development of reclaimed water resources and in consideration of regional water resources status and maintenance of stable regional water supply based on overall national development, the central competent authority and the central competent authority for sewer systems may apply for project subsidies from the Executive Yuan. The subsidies shall not be limited by the subsidy ratio in the preceding paragraph.

The funds required for subsidies shall be budgeted by the central competent authority or the central competent authority for sewer systems or paid for by relevant funds.

These Regulations become effective as of the date of promulgation.