PeoPo Taipei Your Shoot – Searching for remnants of the waterways

Liugong and Wulixue used to be the main irrigation waterways in the Taipei Basin. However, while developing the city and its transport infrastructure, the waterways were covered and turned into drainage ditches, gradually fading from people’s memories. Fortunately, the Da-an branch of Liugong irrigation waterway still remains in the vicinity of Drunken Moon Lake on National Taiwan University’s campus, providing students and visitors with a glimpse into Taipei’s former agrarian lifestyle.

Jointly organized by PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform and Da-an Community College, this latest Your Shoot event introduced citizen journalists to the hydrological history of Taipei. With memories of former days in Taipei gradually fading into obscurity, the community college and volunteers are endeavoring to keep the hydrological history of the city alive and introduce more people to hydrological relics in the hope of creating a better urban water environment.

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瑠公圳和霧裡薜圳過去為臺北盆地主要的灌溉水圳，但因應都市開發與交通建設，水圳渠道多遭掩埋及加蓋成排水溝，水圳的歷史也漸漸的被人們所淡忘。但台大校園裡的醉月湖周邊，卻還保有瑠公圳大安支線的圳道讓學生及來訪的民眾能貼近台北過往的農業生活。

PeoPo公民新聞平台這次也與大安社區大學大學里辦公處共同舉辦踹拍活動， 帶領公民記者認識台北的水文歷史。在過往的生活記憶逐漸被遺忘的現今，社長和志工希望藉由導覽傳承台北的水文歷史，讓越來越多的民眾認識水圳遺跡，共同思索更好的都市水環境。