Water supply disrupted in Taipei

Water supplies to parts of Taipei and New Taipei City were suspended last night as a result of soaring raw water turbidity caused by Typhoon Dujuan, the Taipei Water Department said. Department Deputy Commissioner Chen Man-li (陳曼莉) said raw water turbidity at the Zhitan Water Purification Plant in Taipei, which supplies tap water to the two municipalities, was more than 13,000 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) as of 4:30pm. Under the...