Taiwan Water Corporation

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. The company is headquartered in North District, Taichung.

Taiwan Water Corporation
台灣自來水公司
IndustryWater supply
Founded1 April 1973[1]
HeadquartersNorth, Taichung, Taiwan
Key people
Wei Ming-ku (Chairperson)
Hu Nan-tzer (President)
ParentMinistry of Economic Affairs
WebsiteOfficial website

History

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.[2]

Former chairman Hsu Hsiang-kun was arrested on bribery and corruption charges in September 2007,[3] and indicted in August 2014.[4] 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.[5]

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
TWC Keelung City branch

See also

References
  1. "About Us". Water.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  2. "Introduction". Taiwan Water Corporation. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. "Taiwan Water chairman Hsu, four others arrested". Taipei Times. 8 Sep 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 2 Sep 2014.
  4. Chen, Sophia; Kao, Evelyn (1 September 2014). "Taiwan Water Corp. ex-chairman indicted on corruption charges". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. Chen, Ted (2 September 2014). "Taichung prosecutors indict ex-TWC chair for bribery". China Post. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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