"Drain Smell Issue"... Busan City Wins 'Odor Reduction Project'

Selected for Government Project to Solve Regional Issues, 600 Million KRW Project Funding Allocated

Busan City Hall building. Busan City plans to undertake a project to eliminate odors from sewage pipes.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City has taken action to tackle the foul odors emanating from the sewage system.

On the 29th, Busan City announced that it had secured the final project in the ‘Development of Odor Reduction Technology and Management System for Combined Sewer Pipes’ through the ‘Science and Technology Utilization Resident-Consensus Regional Problem Solving Project’ contest, jointly hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Science and ICT. On the 27th, Busan City also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Science and ICT.

To solve community problems that citizens can directly experience by utilizing science and technology, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Science and ICT launched a regional innovation contest project, providing a total budget of 600 million KRW per project.

The city recently viewed the foul odors from the sewage system, which have caused citizen complaints and increased civil petitions, as an urgent regional issue that must be resolved promptly.

The goal of the project is to develop an integrated system to prevent odors generated from the sewage system by incorporating advanced technologies such as odor measurement sensor development, odor occurrence status monitoring, and automatic operation of reduction devices using high-concentration oxygen water and beneficial microorganisms.

Initially, the city plans to conduct the research project targeting the sewage pipes around the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) area in Seomyeon this year and expand to other areas with high foot traffic in 2021 based on the analysis of the results.

Song Yang-ho, Director of Water Policy at Busan City, stated, “We will actively apply science and technology on-site to produce tangible results that citizens can feel.”

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