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 |
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.
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]