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Recently, a consensus is reached that the increase of the demand of the water resources in Taiwan would limit the quantity of the agricultural water use in status, or even reduced. Furthermore, the join of the GATT/WTO would probably lead to a reduction of rice in Taiwan, which could change the cultivation pattern of paddy field. Paddy field is regarded as an important player in the conservancy of water resources. Besides rice production, the effect of paddy field on environment includes the increase on groundwater recharge and the remediation of floods. However, not like the rice production,the conservancy of the environment is not quantifiable. This study investigates the effects of paddy field on groundwater recharge and flood remediation. The results show a significant increase of runoff and a decrease of groundwater recharge when paddy field is converted into other uses.
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