Taiwan Water Corporation
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| Industry | Water supply |
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| Founded | 1 April 1973[1] |
| Headquarters | North District, Taichung, Republic of China |
Area served | Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Lienchiang |
Key people |
Juan Kang-meng (Chairperson) Hu Nan-tzer (President) |
| Parent | Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| Website | www.water.gov.tw |
The Taiwan Water Corporation (TWC; Chinese: 台灣自來水公司; pinyin: Táiwān Zìláishuǐ Gōngsī) is a state-owned water utility providing water supply to Taiwan and offshore islands of Republic of China. The company is headquartered at North District, Taichung.
History
In 1972, President Chiang Ching-kuo gave an instruction for Taiwan to set up a water corporation at a provincial level to effectively develop public water supply system. In 1973, the Taiwan Provincial Government set up a preparatory office for Taiwan Water Corporation.
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
- 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
- Keelung City
- Taoyuan City
- Hsinchu County and Miaoli County
- Taichung City and Nantou County
- Yunlin County and Chiayi County
- Tainan City
- Kaohsiung City, Pingtung County and Penghu County
- Yilan County
- Hualien County
- Taitung County
- Changhua County
- New Taipei City
See also
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References
- ↑ "About Us". Water.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ↑ "Taiwan Water chairman Hsu, four others arrested". Taipei Times. 8 Sep 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 2 Sep 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.