Seoul City Begins Work on 2040 Sewerage Maintenance Master Plan... Completion by January 2022

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 9th that it has begun work on the 2040 Sewerage Basic Plan and will complete the plan by January 2022.

This basic plan is the most fundamental plan for the maintenance of sewerage and fecal treatment facilities, setting goals every 20 years. If necessary, the overall sewerage policy will be reviewed and revised every five years to reflect changes in urban conditions. The main tasks include seven areas: sewerage vision, citizen-experience policy indicators, Seoul-style sewerage exclusion system, smart technology integration, sewerage resource regeneration and production, water reclamation center modernization, and citizen communication.

The basic plan reflecting these is divided into the first area, water reclamation centers, and the second area, sewer pipelines. The water reclamation center sector includes water quality improvement through removal of pollutants causing green algae in rivers, systematic sewage reuse and energy production, operation of decentralized water reclamation centers, and environmental improvement. The sewer pipeline sector includes implementation of sewerage without septic tanks, expansion of standards for smart technology utilization, and strengthening of sewage transfer functions in facilities.

The sewerage coverage rate in Seoul is 100%, with 4.98 million tons of sewage transported daily through sewer pipelines to water reclamation centers for complete treatment.

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