Editing Kinmen (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Kinmen - Shuitou Harbor - DSCF9374.JPG|left|thumb|[[Tashan Power Plant]]]]

===Electricity===
The Kinmen Power Company was founded in 1967 and gradually built five power plants in the county and is in charge of providing power resources to all residents in Kinmen. It used to rely on [[Diesel fuel|light diesel oil]] which created high cost burden to its management. Since 1992, the ROC central government approved the power company to authorize [[Taiwan Power Company]] (Taipower) for five-year management. All of the power development projects were invested by Taipower and helped the region economic development. In July 1997, Kinmen Power Company was officially incorporated to Taipower. In 1999, the diesel-fired [[Tashan Power Plant]] was built to supply electricity to Kinmen grid. The other smaller power plants were subsequently discontinued to reduce cost.<ref name=km_aware/> The county is also powered by its Jinmen Wind [[wind farm]] with a capacity of 4&nbsp;MW and [[photovoltaic system]] with a capacity of 9 MW.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2020 |title=Overview of the Development of Renewable Energy |url=https://www.taipower.com.tw/en/page.aspx?mid=4495 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113014636/https://www.taipower.com.tw/en/page.aspx?mid=4495 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |access-date=31 December 2020 |website=Taipower}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2020 |title=The Largest in Taiwan! Taipower's First Grid-Connected 2-MW Energy Storage System Operates Today in Kinmen Instant Power Rescue within 0.2 Second |url=https://www.moea.gov.tw/MNS/english/news/News.aspx?kind=6&menu_id=176&news_id=91506 |access-date=16 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C. |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513235349/https://www.moea.gov.tw/MNS/english/news/News.aspx?kind=6&menu_id=176&news_id=91506 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Submarine telecommunication cable===
In August 2012, Kinmen and [[Xiamen]] established the first submarine telecommunication cable between the two sides. On Taiwan side, the infrastructure was constructed by [[Chunghwa Telecom]], while on mainland China's side was done by [[China Telecom]], [[China Unicom]] and [[China Mobile]]. The project began in 1996 and took 16 years to build.<ref name="taipeitimes1">{{Cite news |date=22 August 2012 |title=Chunghwa Telecom Hails Submarine Cable to Xiamen |page=3 |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/08/22/2003540904 |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511102354/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/08/22/2003540904 |archive-date=11 May 2014}}</ref>

The telecommunication system consists of two cables, one is an {{convert|11|km|abbr=on}} long cable that runs from Kinmen's Lake Tzu and Xiamen's Mount Guanyin, and the other is a {{convert|9.7|km|abbr=on}} long cable that runs from Guningtou on Greater Kinmen Island (ROC) to Dadeng Island (PRC). The system is a non-repeater system with a bilateral transmission capacity of 90&nbsp;Gbit/s, which might be expanded in the future if demand arises.<ref name="taipeitimes1" />

===Water supply===
[[File:金門太湖淨水廠 20200807153319 04.jpg|thumb|Water treatment plant in Kinmen]]
The current daily water demand for Kinmen is 50,000 tonnes, which are used for households, industries and agriculture sectors. One tonne of water produced for Kinmen costs about NT$50–60 and may surge to NT$70 during summer. In extreme drought condition, water shipment from Taiwan Island may cost as much as NT$200 per tonne. Because Kinmen residents pay only NT$10 for each tonne water they use, the cost of water supply has become a heavy burden for the [[Kinmen County Government|county government]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2015 |title=Kinmen-Fujian Water Pipeline to be Agreed at Upcoming Cross-Strait Talks |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1201&MainCatID=12&id=20150522000075 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801024907/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1201&MainCatID=12&id=20150522000075 |archive-date=1 August 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015 |website=Want China Times |agency=Central News Agency}}</ref>

For decades, Kinmen has been facing difficulties in water supply to its residents due to its shallow lakes, lack of rainfall and geographical constraints which makes building reservoirs and dams unfeasible. Therefore, Kinmen often overuses its groundwater, causing rising tidal flood and [[soil salinity]].
 
In early September 2013, the [[Government of China|People's Republic of China government]] agreed to supply Kinmen with water from [[Jinjiang, Fujian|Jinjiang City]] in Fujian due to the ongoing [[water shortage]] problem in Kinmen. Kinmen draws more than 8,000 tonnes of [[groundwater]] every day and water from its reservoir is barely enough to support the residents during the dry season. It was judged that a shortage would affect the local economy badly if no mitigation plan was enacted by 2016. The water supply agreement was officially signed on 20 July 2015 in Kinmen between Kinmen County Waterworks Director Weng Wen-kuei ({{lang|zh-hant|翁文貴}}) and Fujian Water Supply Co chairman Zhu Jinliang ({{lang|zh|朱金良}}) witnessed by Kinmen County [[List of county magistrates of Kinmen|Magistrate]] [[Chen Fu-hai]] and Fujian Province Governor [[Su Shulin]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 July 2015 |title=Kinmen Water Deal Not a Security Risk: Official |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/21/2003623554 |url-status=live |access-date=20 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145555/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/21/2003623554 |archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

The [[Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline]] was officially opened on 5 August 2018 when it first started supplying water, and was celebrated by separate ceremonies held in both Kinmen County and [[Jinjiang, Fujian|Jinjiang City]] in mainland China.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lu |first=Yi-hsuan |date=6 August 2018 |title=Kinmen Starts Importing Chinese Water |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/06/2003698048 |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420144021/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/06/2003698048 |archive-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>