The Taiwan Water Corporation (TWC; ) is a state-owned water utility providing water supply to most of Taiwan and offshore islands. The company is headquartered in North District, Taichung.
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.[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
- 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
- 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
- Water supply and sanitation in Taiwan
- Water pollution
- Water security
- Energy in Taiwan
- List of companies of Taiwan
External links
References
- Introduction Taiwan Water Corporation, 11 March 2020, retrieved 17 January 2021^
- Taiwan Water chairman Hsu, four others arrested Taipei Times, 8 Sep 2007, retrieved 2 Sep 2014^
- Sophia Chen, Evelyn Kao. Taiwan Water Corp. ex-chairman indicted on corruption charges Central News Agency, 1 September 2014, retrieved 2 September 2014^
- Ted Chen. Taichung prosecutors indict ex-TWC chair for bribery China Post, 2 September 2014, retrieved 2 September 2014^