The Taiwan Water Corporation (TWC; traditional Chinese: 台灣自來水公司; simplified Chinese: 台湾自来水公司; pinyin: Táiwān Zìláishuǐ Gōngsī) is a state-owned water utility providing water supply to most of Taiwan and offshore islands. The company is headquartered in North District, Taichung.
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Native name | 台灣自來水公司 |
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| Industry | water supply |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | North, Taichung, Taiwan |
Key people | Hu Nan-tzer (Chairperson) Li Jia-rong (President) |
| Parent | Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| Website | Official website |
History edit
On 16 December 1972, President Chiang Ching-kuo instructed that a water corporation be set up to develop and unified public water supply system island-wide. On 1 April 1973, the preparatory office for Taiwan Water Corporation was set up by Taiwan Provincial Government. Taiwan Water Corporation was then inaugurated by the provincial government in 1974.[1]
Former chairman Hsu Hsiang-kun was arrested on bribery and corruption charges in September 2007,[2] and indicted in August 2014.[3] Hsu had contracted Kintech Technology Company to expand two water purification facilities in 2002. The project deadline was extended twice to November 2003 and March 2005. Hsu then accepted NT$5 million to grant Kintech a third extension to September 2007, by which time the project was completed.[4]
Organizational structure edit
- Department of Planning
- Department of Public Works
- Department of Water Supply
- Department of Business
- Department of Finance
- Department of Materials
- Department of Water Quality
- Department of Industrial Safety and Environment Protection
- Department of Information Management
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Human Resources
- Department of Civil Service Ethics
- Water Loss Management Center
- Bidding Center
Branch offices edit
- 1st Branch: Keelung City
- 2nd Branch: Taoyuan City
- 3rd Branch: Hsinchu County and Miaoli County
- 4th Branch: Taichung City and Nantou County
- 5th Branch: Yunlin County and Chiayi County
- 6th Branch: Tainan City
- 7th Branch: Kaohsiung City and Penghu County
- 8th Branch: Yilan County
- 9th Branch: Hualien County
- 10th Branch: Taitung County
- 11th Branch: Changhua County
- 12th Branch: New Taipei City
- Pingtung Branch: Pingtung County
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Introduction". Taiwan Water Corporation. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Taiwan Water chairman Hsu, four others arrested". Taipei Times. 8 September 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Chen, Sophia; Kao, Evelyn (1 September 2014). "Taiwan Water Corp. ex-chairman indicted on corruption charges". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Chen, Ted (2 September 2014). "Taichung prosecutors indict ex-TWC chair for bribery". China Post. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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