Temporary Suspension of Gangjeong Water Purification Plant... Full Effort to Provide Alternative Water Supply

From the 28th, Judo Forms a Special Task Force to Conduct Emergency Inspection and Construction of the Entire Water Supply System

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Government Complex

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 30th the progress of emergency connection pipeline construction and other measures to provide alternative water supply due to the temporary suspension of Gangjeong Water Purification Plant on November 1.

Jeju Province, in cooperation with the Yeongsan River Basin Environmental Office and K-water Yeongseom Water Supply Support Center, formed a special alternative supply task force (5 teams, 49 members) starting from the 28th as a follow-up measure for stabilizing tap water. They are conducting emergency inspections and reinforcement works on the entire water supply system facilities such as pipelines and valves.

The special alternative supply task force is led by Lee Yang-moon, Deputy Mayor of Seogwipo City, and Hyun Gong-eon, Director of Jeju Province Water and Sewage Headquarters. The team is divided into the comprehensive situation team, valve operation team, Ito team, water quality confirmation team, and civil complaints/media response team to strengthen on-site measures for supplying larva-free tap water.

Additionally, Jeju Province is operating a Gangjeong Water Purification Plant Improvement Team (11 members) separately from the special alternative supply task force to simultaneously promote facility improvements at the Gangjeong Water Purification Plant.

All efforts are being concentrated to complete the emergency connection pipeline construction, a prerequisite for alternative supply, by October 31.

To replace the Donghong and Sammaebong reservoirs supplied by Gangjeong Water Purification Plant, surplus water (12,000 tons/day) was secured and emergency connection pipeline construction was completed by the 29th to supply from Topyeong and Namwon Water Purification Plants.

Also, surplus water (9,000 tons/day) from Eoseungsaeng and Hoisu Water Purification Plants has been secured, and the phased replacement supply to Tourist Complex 1 and 2, Gogeunsan, and Shindosi reservoirs is progressing normally.

Jeju Province conducts daily turbidity and residual chlorine tests to monitor water quality during the alternative supply operation but has informed that turbidity or foreign substances may still occur in households.

Furthermore, to promptly support water supply to affected residents, Jeju Province has deployed four of its own water supply vehicles and four fire station water supply vehicles. To prepare for the supply volume due to alternative supply, Jeju Development Corporation has established an immediate supply system to provide 25,000 bottles (50 tons) of 2L water daily.

Hyun Gong-eon, Director of Jeju Province Water and Sewage Headquarters, stated, “We will mobilize all administrative power to ensure that alternative supply is fully completed by November 1 to provide safe and clean tap water to residents.”

Meanwhile, the cause of the water outage on the afternoon of the 29th in Eoeum-ri, Aewol-eup, Jeju City, was confirmed to be a malfunction of the village water intake pump managed by Aewol-eup and is unrelated to the alternative supply from Gangjeong Water Purification Plant.

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