The more water pipes break, the more budgets the fewer

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After the passage of water in the Banxin area water supply improvement plan, due to the water pressure difference, there have been many recent water pipe burst events in New Taipei City, but the budget for replacing old water pipes in Taiwan water has been reduced. The budget next year is only half of this year. Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei, reported to the Daoan Transportation Association on the 26th that Taiwan Water Company should be responsible and that the annual replacement length should be more and better than before, so that it can be worthy of the citizens of New Taipei. Taichung Sichuan Road also smashed the Taishui water pipeline incident yesterday. At present, Taishui has issued a water shutdown announcement. The scope of the water shutdown is the first section of Sichuan Road, Ren'ai Road, Banqiao District. Hou Youyi said that after the second board was reopened, the water pressure increased by about 0.7 kg. Water pipe rupture is definitely a trend, and it can be proved from multiple cases in the second half of New Taipei City. Hou Youyi said that there are 70 kilometers of old pipelines in New Taipei City for more than 40 years. It is necessary to quickly update the old pipelines in advance. Taishui listed 700 million in 2019 to repair and replace 9 kilometers of pipelines, but the two-year budget for 2020 and 2021 The total is only 800 million, and the average is only 400 million a year. The more pipelines are broken, the smaller the budget is. Hou Youyi said that the water company must take responsibility, the budget must be increased year by year, and the speed and length of the pipeline to be eliminated must be more and better than in the past. Slow, don't let the pipeline rupture and stop water, causing people's livelihood pain.