{{Short description|Taiwanese water utility company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Taiwan Water Corporation | image = 臺灣自來水公司總部.JPG | image_size = 225px | image_alt = | image_caption = | trade_name = | native_name = 台灣自來水公司 | native_name_lang = zh | romanized_name = | former_name = | type = | traded_as = | ISIN = | industry = water supply | genre = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | founded = 1974 | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | hq_location = North, Taichung, Taiwan | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Li Jia-rong (Chairperson)<br>Lee Tin-Lai (President) | products = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | brands = | services = | revenue = | revenue_year = <!-- Year of revenue data (if known) --> | operating_income = | income_year = <!-- Year of operating_income data (if known) --> | net_income = <!-- or: | profit = --> | net_income_year = <!-- or: | profit_year = --><!-- Year of net_income/profit data (if known) --> | assets = | assets_year = <!-- Year of assets data (if known) --> | equity = | equity_year = <!-- Year of equity data (if known) --> | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | members = | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (if known) --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = Ministry of Economic Affairs | divisions = | subsid = | module = <!-- Used to embed other templates --> | website = {{Official website|https://www.water.gov.tw/en}} | footnotes = }}
The '''Taiwan Water Corporation''' ('''TWC'''; {{zh|t=台灣自來水公司|s=台湾自来水公司|first=t|p=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.
==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.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2020|url=https://www.water.gov.tw/en/Contents?nodeId=4676|title=Introduction|website=Taiwan Water Corporation|accessdate=17 January 2021}}</ref>
Former chairman Hsu Hsiang-kun was arrested on bribery and corruption charges in September 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Taiwan Water chairman Hsu, four others arrested |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/09/08/2003377754 |accessdate=2 Sep 2014 |work=Taipei Times|date=8 Sep 2007|page=2}}</ref> and indicted in August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Sophia|last2=Kao|first2=Evelyn|title=Taiwan Water Corp. ex-chairman indicted on corruption charges|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201409010035.aspx|accessdate=2 September 2014|publisher=Central News Agency|date=1 September 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Ted|title=Taichung prosecutors indict ex-TWC chair for bribery|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taichung/2014/09/02/416299/Taichung-prosecutors.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903130654/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taichung/2014/09/02/416299/Taichung-prosecutors.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2014|accessdate=2 September 2014|publisher=China Post|date=2 September 2014}}</ref>
==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== thumb|TWC Keelung service center. * 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
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.water.gov.tw/en}} {{Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)}} Category:1974 establishments in Taiwan Category:Companies based in Taichung Category:Government-owned companies of Taiwan Category:Public utilities established in 1974 Category:Water in Taiwan Category:Water companies