The theme of the year is empowerment, to cultivate river patrol by educational training and local environmental conference. To achieve the goal, the works can be divided in five parts:(1) Developing strategies of public participation in water management, (2) The overall planning, operation and performance appraisal of the river patrols in Taiwan, (3) Promoting public participation of the river restoration, (4) River patrols empowerment and educational training, (5) Using ion exchange resin monitoring heaving metal. (6) Water environment characteristic development. To elaborate the goals and to communicate with the local governments, the annual workshop was held. To understand the situations of local public participation, government officials of 22 counties and cities were interviewed and suggestions were made to meet local problems. Encouraging river patrols who dedicated themselves, 12 teams which is the most outstanding were awarded. Cultivating river patrols as a deliverer of environmental education, 6 courses and trainings were held. The main goal of public participation is to gathering people and provides platforms to communicate, thus local water environmental conferences were held to collect ideas and suggestions. There are 2 in-situ measurements were held to find out the suspicious polluted areas, river patrols were invited using icon exchange resin. The three river conservation centers held 3 sessions of water environment characteristics development with the local characteristics. In addition to all of above, related literature review and case studies of public participation was done to conclude specific advices of river patrols and local aquatic problems.

Public participation, River Conservation Center, Water environment watch program