Muan-gun, Completion of Oryong District Public Sewage Treatment Facility

(Center) Kim San, the head of Muan County, is visiting the Oryong District public sewage treatment facility and listening to the explanation from the construction officials. (Photo by Muan County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 9th that the Orong District Public Sewage Treatment Facility, which was promoted to improve the convenience of residents in the Orong housing development district and the residential living environment of residents in Juksan-ri and Yongpo-ri villages near the provincial government office, will be completed on the 25th.

The Orong District Public Sewage Treatment Facility has a daily treatment capacity of 8,500 tons, with a total project cost of 35.4 billion KRW. Construction began in December 2017 and is currently undergoing comprehensive trial operation.

With the completion of the sewage treatment facility, the county will be able to stably treat domestic sewage from 9,823 households and 24,550 people in two additional areas besides the Orong District. It also secured resident-friendly green spaces and installed a biological reactor to prevent odors (noxious smells), and constructed a roof cover on the secondary sedimentation tank to ensure no inconvenience to residents' leisure activities.

In particular, the sewage treatment method developed by KIST is an advanced treatment process that activates only soil microorganisms, expected to secure effluent quality, preserve the ecological environment, improve water quality, and enable effluent reuse.

Governor Kim San encouraged the construction personnel, stating, “Before completion, we checked the system due to the sewage treatment plant’s self-operation and confirmed the sewage treatment process. I also requested that the sewage treatment plant not be perceived as a nuisance facility by reusing the effluent quality.”

A county official said, “The Orong Sewage Treatment Plant was supposed to operate normally by the end of July, when the apartment complexes were scheduled to move in, but frequent heavy rains and heatwaves delayed the planned schedule, causing many difficulties. Thanks to the active cooperation of residents, construction companies, and Jeonnam Development Corporation, we were able to complete the project.”

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