Sancheong-gun and Water Supply Experts Inspect 3 Water Purification Plants, Water Quality Good

Stable Management of Larvae Inflow Prevention Facilities

Sangcho-myeon Water Purification Plant Panorama (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 27th that after inspecting three water purification plants in the region together with experts from Korea Water Resources Corporation, the management status and water quality were confirmed to be stable and good.

The county conducted a hygiene inspection of three water purification plants?Sancheong-Saengcho Integrated Water Purification Plant, Danseong, and Sicheon?along with three experts from Korea Water Resources Corporation and officials from Sancheong-gun Waterworks.

The inspection team focused on 11 items including the cleanliness of the filtration basin, cleaning cycles, and methods.

As a result of the inspection, the water purification plants in the Sancheong area were found to be well equipped with facilities that block the inflow of larvae such as midges and small organisms, and water quality management was also confirmed to be stably maintained.

In particular, Sancheong was evaluated to have an environment where larvae breeding is difficult due to the use of a standard filtration method using sand and anthracite instead of the recently problematic activated carbon filtration facility, along with periodic backwashing of the filtration basin and pre-chlorination treatment.

Min Chi-sik, head of the Waterworks Department, said, “Our county always strives to block the occurrence of larvae inside and outside the water purification facilities through maintaining the sealed state of water supply facility structures, managing insect screens on ventilation devices, periodic backwashing of filtration media, and pre-chlorination treatment,” and added, “We ask that residents also pay attention to hygiene management such as cleaning water containers and managing water tanks in apartment complexes and other households.”

An official from Korea Water Resources Corporation who participated in the inspection said, “The water supply facilities in Sancheong-gun are well equipped and managed not only for water quality management but especially for blocking the inflow and occurrence of larvae,” and added, “Our corporation will continue to do its best in management and inspection so that local residents can use tap water with confidence.”

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