A Study for In-Site Investigation of Water Station in Taichung and Nantou County Area

• Main Authors: Sheng-Kuo Yu, 喻盛國
• Other Authors: Yung-Hsu Hsieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44578801903474647658

碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 環境工程學系所 === 95 === Abstract People demand more for drinking water quality while living standard getting lifted. When popular opinions about tap water go as“bad-tasting”,“sanitizer-smelling”,“after-boil sediments”,and so on, people turn to Mineral water, spring water, or packaged water, due to this lack of trust. Meanwhile, water stations have therefore mushroomed in many areas. This people is based on current investigation on 30water stations in Tai-Chung and Nan-Tow area, aiming to task a closer look into their management, as well as the control of hygiene administration, and the related law enforcement. According to results of investigation, Nan-To county government is the only one has laid down a regulation upon water-station controls; 81.8% of water-stations are running without “certificate for water source and quality tests”; 63.6% of them have their water come from different source as being claimed; 63.3% of them haven’t posted on obvious places the “Drink after Boiled” sign; 31.8% of them offer their water with no definite source; 26.7% of them fail to put on “names and telephone numbers of people in responsibility”; 23.3% of them leave their tanks with no covers; a 10% to 46.7% fail percentage in water quality tests is reported in the past two years; and a total 30 water-stations haven’t kept maintenance records for their tanks and nozzles. Basing on this, water-stations may offer products contaminated from source or/and during transportation; filters, tanks, and tubes are not renewed, cleaned, and sanitized regularly; tanks being under direct sunshine is also one of the reasons why a high fail percentage has turned out. Finally, aiming at present defects, methods of reformation and check list forms are speculated in this essay, in the hope to improve owner’s self-control to their water-stations, while presenting some suggestions which the administration in charge may take into consideration.