from 2010 to 2013, ase has invested us$13.2 million in treating industrial water. in addition, ase invested $25.3 million to build a water recycling plant, k14 in kaohsiung, taiwan. the water recycling plant began trials in january 2015. with the first phase of the project now complete, the plant handles up to 20,000 metric tons of wastewater per day. half of the water is recycled and returned to ase’s facilities for reuse; the other half is discharged into the city’s drains. the effluent from the recycling plant not only conforms to local regulations, but the average concentration values are far less than the regulatory limit.