Jeonnam Province, Normal Supply of Tap Water in Areas Affected by Heavy Rainfall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced that it has completed emergency repairs of water supply facilities in five counties within the province that were damaged by record-breaking heavy rainfall, and will resume normal tap water supply to the areas with water outages starting from the 17th.

Due to the recent heavy rainfall, the water intake and purification plant in Gurye-gun was flooded, and 27 locations of water transmission and distribution pipelines in four counties?Damyang, Gokseong, Jangseong, and Hwasun?were washed away, causing water outages for 14,667 households (33,052 people).

The province and the five counties, with cooperation from Korea Water Resources Corporation and Suncheon City, have provided 300,000 bottles of 0.4ℓ and 13,000 bottles of 1.8ℓ bottled water to the affected areas so far, and operated 23 emergency water trucks and 2 fire trucks to temporarily supply drinking water.

Regarding the tap water supply, the four counties (Damyang, Gokseong, Jangseong, Hwasun) where water transmission and distribution pipelines were damaged by the heavy rainfall have completed emergency repairs and resumed normal supply since the 12th.

The water intake plant in Gurye-eup, which had been flooded, has also completed emergency repairs and has been supplying tap water since the previous day.

However, water supply in some areas of Muncheok and Ganjeon-myeon in Gurye-gun was not smooth, but with the emergency repair of the Seomjinjang water intake and purification plant on the same day, most areas have been normalized.

Jeonnam Province has submitted a request for national funding to central government agencies for permanent restoration of the damaged areas. Once the project budget is secured, it plans to start planning immediately and undertake large-scale improvement work on the Gurye water intake and purification plant and the damaged water transmission and distribution pipelines in the affected areas on an annual basis.

Park Hyunsik, head of the Eastern Regional Headquarters of Jeonnam Province, said, “We appreciate the efforts of city and county officials and the Korea Water Resources Corporation for their hard work in the emergency repair of water facilities damaged by the heavy rainfall,” and added, “We will do our best to establish permanent restoration measures to ensure safe tap water supply to the affected areas.”

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