One hundred years ago, the recently arrived colonial authorities from Japan undertook two major projects in Taiwan's cities to prevent epidemics-providing an uninterrupted supply of clean water, and building systems to remove polluted water.
百年前，日本人在台灣城市進行的兩項最重要工程，是所謂的「上水道與下水道」，前者保證水源不絕與乾淨；後者污水集中排放，避免疫病。