Yongin Water Purification Plant to Double Water Treatment Capacity

Aerial View of Yongin Water Purification Plant

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will expand the water purification capacity of the 'Yongin Water Purification Plant' from 100,000 tons to 200,000 tons.

Yongin City announced on the 12th that it will begin construction at the end of January to double the water purification facilities at the Yongin Water Purification Plant in Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, which currently produces 100,000 tons of tap water per day, to ensure a stable supply of tap water.

This measure is to proactively prepare for the increasing demand for domestic water due to continuous population inflow caused by large-scale projects such as the SK Hynix semiconductor cluster development and the Platform City development.

By September 2022, the city will invest 49.5 billion KRW to install additional water purification facilities, from the coagulation sedimentation tank to the water pumping room. To improve the quality of tap water and prepare for the deterioration of water quality in the Paldang water system, advanced water treatment facilities such as ozone facilities and activated carbon filters will also be introduced.

The city expects that with this increase in water purification capacity, tap water will be stably supplied not only to the Cheoin-gu area, which is supplied by the local waterworks, but also to the Giheung and Suji areas, which are supplied by the metropolitan waterworks.

Earlier, in September last year, the city received approval from the Ministry of Environment for a change in the general waterworks project to expand the water supply capacity of the Yongin Water Purification Plant to 200,000 tons.

A city official explained, "We will proceed with the construction promptly so that the 1.08 million citizens of Yongin can use clean and safe tap water smoothly."

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