Water pipeline being considered for Jinmen

A water pipeline could be built between Fujian province's coastal city Xiamen and Taiwan's offshore Jinmen county, to solve the county's ongoing water supply shortage and quality problems, according to officials.

The announcement comes a week after a delegation from Jinmen led by Li Wo-shih, the magistrate of the county, visited Xiamen to study the city's reservoir and water treatment plant.

Zhang Canmin, deputy mayor of Xiamen, said there are two possible pipeline routes being looked at to transport the water between the two - one from Weitou village in Jinjiang to Jinmen, the other from Dadeng Island in Xiamen.