"‘Nakdong River Algae Bloom Emergency’ Gyeongbuk Province Supports Facility Improvements for Small Wastewater Discharge Businesses"

Up to 30 Million KRW Each for 14 Companies in Pohang, Gyeongju, and Gyeongsan Areas

The video conference of the Gyeongbuk Province Wastewater Discharge Facility Improvement Support Project Promotion Committee held online on the 22nd.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 24th that it held a Wastewater Discharge Facility Improvement Support Project Promotion Committee meeting on the 22nd and finally selected 14 companies, including Daeil RNF, as project targets.

The committee meeting was held as a non-face-to-face video conference considering the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), with the attendance of environmental department heads from Pohang, Gyeongju, and Gyeongsan cities, as well as the chairpersons of the Eastern and Western Environmental Technology Councils.

The 'Wastewater Discharge Facility Improvement Support Project' is a project that supports facility improvements for small-scale businesses in the watershed due to various water quality environmental issues such as recent green algae outbreaks in the Nakdonggang and Hyeongsangang river systems, detection of harmful chemicals in drinking water sources, and excessive detection of heavy metals. This committee meeting was held for the first time this year.

Gyeongsangbuk-do will conduct technical diagnoses including on-site investigations of the selected business sites (2 in Pohang, 5 in Gyeongju, and 7 in Gyeongsan) by June, and based on the technical support results by November, will support the installation or improvement of water pollution prevention facilities within a maximum range of 30 million KRW.

Choi Dae-jin, Director of the Environment, Forestry and Resources Bureau of Gyeongsangbuk-do, said, "This year, the algae warning was issued more than two months earlier than usual," adding, "Expanding support projects to reduce water pollutants from business sites will greatly help improve the water quality of our rivers by reducing green algae and pollutant discharges."

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