Miaoli County’s Yonghe mountain reservoir has beautiful scenery and is a good place for residents to go on leisurely outings. However, some tourists have complained that the two toilets adjacent to both parking lots at the top and bottom of the mountain reservoir reek of feces as they seemingly go unattended and are unusable. Taiwan Water Corporation Third Branch stated that it will urge contractors to improve cleanliness.
Assistant manager of Taiwan Water Corporation Third Branch, Hsieh Chang-hao stated that some residents were borrowing the site to hold events with large numbers of people. Soon after, they discovered that the area had become dirty and the water pipes had somehow been destroyed, leading to the water leaking everywhere inside the public toilet, Hsieh said. Taiwan Water Corp is rushing to ask the manufacturer to come fix the problem.
(Liberty times, translated by Zane Kheir)
Photo: Cheng Hung-ta, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者鄭鴻達
苗栗縣永和山水庫環境優美,是民眾休閒踏青好去處,但有遊客投訴,在水庫山上、山下兩處停車場旁的廁所,臭氣沖天、屎尿滿布,宛如**無人管理**,讓廁所形同虛設。台水三區表示,將**叮嚀**包商加強清潔。
台灣自來水公司第三區管理處副理謝張浩表示,日前有民眾辦活動借用該場地,人數相當多,後來發現廁所環境變得髒亂,且**水管**不知何故被破壞,導致公廁內水流的到處都是,他們就趕緊請廠商來修復。
(自由時報記者鄭鴻達)
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