Gwanak-gu Selected as an Excellent District for Four Consecutive Years in Seoul's First 'Autonomous District Sewerage Management Evaluation'

Applying the District's Self-Developed and Patented 'Partial Excavation Replacement Method for Sewer Pipelines' Ensures Reliable Quality Control and Timely Project Completion

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) has achieved the great feat of being selected as an excellent district for four consecutive years in the '2019 Autonomous District Sewerage Management Performance Evaluation' conducted by Seoul City.

Along with this selection, the district will receive an encouragement fund of 7 million KRW and will also be given priority when allocating the 2020 Seoul City comprehensive budget (dredging, branch lines, pipeline maintenance, etc.).

The sewerage management evaluation comprehensively assesses the sewerage management performance of the 25 autonomous districts across 4 fields and 16 items. Gwanak-gu received high scores in various areas such as sewerage project budget management and maintenance, securing its position as an excellent district.

Moreover, since the implementation of the sewerage management evaluation, it is even more meaningful that Gwanak-gu was the first in Seoul to be selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years.

To improve the poor sewer environment where over 65% of the sewer pipelines are over 30 years old, the district invested a budget of 24 billion KRW last year to maintain a total of 19 km of old and defective sewer pipelines and actively promoted sewer maintenance projects such as dredging before the rainy season to enhance sewer performance.

In particular, in December 2018, the district applied the 'Partial Excavation Replacement Method for Sewer Pipelines,' which it independently developed and patented, to the old sewer pipeline maintenance project preventing road subsidence. This method involved excavating only the damaged part of the sewer pipeline for improvement, ensuring reliable quality control and timely project completion.

In 2020, the district plans to steadily promote sewer maintenance projects by investing a budget of 31 billion KRW for comprehensive sewer pipeline maintenance and road subsidence prevention projects.

Mayor Park Jun-hee stated, “I am pleased that our continuous efforts to improve the quality of life and ensure safety for residents have borne good results. This year as well, we will do our best to create a Gwanak-gu where residents can live comfortably and safely through systematic and efficient advanced sewerage management.”

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