The number of sewage connected households in New Taipei City has exceeded 1.3 million, and the target is to reach 1.4 million households by 2030

New Taipei City is actively promoting the construction of sewage sewers. Mayor Hou Youyi announced today that the number of sewage connection users in the city has exceeded 1.3 million households, with the goal of reaching 1.4 million households by 2030. Wu Tang'an, Deputy Minister of the Interior, twice affirmed Hou Youyi and the city government team for overcoming all difficulties and uncompromising for the sake of public facilities and the interests of citizens, and asked the people at the scene to applaud and encourage them.

New Taipei City held a press conference today to surpass 1.3 million households with sewage and sewer connections. Water Resources Director Song Deren pointed out in a briefing that sewage construction is an invisible and invisible project. Workers often shuttle in narrow and dark back alleys and intricate underground pipelines. They must overcome special buildings and no connections. Management of space and private land and other issues, especially central subsidy decline every year, the city government's financial burden has increased. Taking this year as an example, the central government's original subsidy amount was 1.946 billion yuan, but the actual subsidy was only 830 million yuan, and New Taipei City's matching funds and self-raised funds reached 1.602 billion yuan.

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Hou Youyi said that from 2019 to the end of August this year, New Taipei City has completed sewage takeover for 373,147 households, with an average of about 49,206 households taken over every year, which is not only 2 to 3 times that of the other five cities, but also accounts for 32.89 of the total number of takeovers in the six cities. %, the overall sewage treatment rate reached 93.08%, and the daily sewage treatment volume reached 1.11 million tons, ranking first in the country in various data. Now the rivers are clean, fish, birds and other ecology have returned, and the target is to reach 1.4 million households with sewage takeover by 2030.

Wu Tang'an said in his speech that although the budget has reduced local government subsidies due to the central government's overall allocation of taxes, the central government has spared no effort in assisting New Taipei. Since 2003, the first phase of sewage sewer construction in Tucheng, Zhonghe, Xindian, Xizhi and other areas, involving about 330,000 households, has been an agency project of the Ministry of the Interior's Construction Administration (the predecessor of the Land Management Bureau). The number of households taken over accounted for about 1/4 of the city's total investment funds of 58 billion yuan.

Wu Tangan said that the 1.3 million households with sewage pipes are not just engineering data, but represent more than 1 million households that no longer need to clean septic tanks. He mentioned that he worked in Hsinchu a few years ago and it was an election year. Every time he returned to New Taipei, it was difficult to walk because sewage pipelines were being dug on the road. This proved that Hou Youyi was not afraid of offending people. He would never compromise on what should be done or demolished in violation of regulations. He would not stop digging roads just because there is an election. This is what he admires about Hou Youyi. He wants everyone here to give Hou a round of applause.

Wu Tang'an emphasized that in addition to engineering and technical difficulties in sewage sewer construction, the most important thing is local communication and coordination. New Taipei's sewage takeover rate has increased from less than 10% in the early days to 72% today, which is not easy. In the future, the central government will definitely devote its full attention to whatever it can help. He hopes that the central and local governments will work together to build a sustainable home.