Those affected by a four-day water outage in Tamsui District (淡水) may file applications for compensation until Wednesday next week, the New Taipei City Government said today.
Contractors working on the Danbei Road project accidentally burst a water pipe on Thursday last week, leaving about 62,000 homes without water.
Water to all households was fully restored by early yesterday morning.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kun, Taipei Times
The city has coordinated with the contractor to provide compensation to those affected, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said at a city government meeting today.
Residents are requested to provide proof of expenses incurred for purchasing water or repairing idle water tower motors, Hou said.
Applications may be submitted directly online or at the Tamsui District Office until Wednesday next week, he added.
Previously, the city said that Taiwan Water Corp would also reduce bills proportionally based on the number of days that households were without water.
As there are currently only two water mains servicing the Tamsui area, Hou requested that Taiwan Water assess the possibility of installing a backup pipeline as part of the Danbei Road project.
He also suggested that the utility add a new reservoir with capacity of at least 50,000 tonnes to supplement the existing reservoir, whose 35,000-tonne capacity is “clearly insufficient.”
The Danbei Road project is a new road under construction in Tamsui designed to alleviate chronic traffic congestion between the district and Taipei.
It consists of a 5.45km elevated and ground-level four-lane expressway running along the Tamsui River (淡水河).
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