Nakdonggang Basin Environmental Office Announces Contest for 'Clean Village Embracing Doryang' Project

All Ditches (Villages) Included in the Nakdonggang Watershed Are Eligible to Apply

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] The Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office will open applications for the 2021 'Clean Village Embracing Dorang' (formerly, Dorang Restoration Project) starting from the 14th.

The 2021 budget for the 'Clean Village Embracing Dorang' project has secured 600 million KRW, with up to 80 million KRW supported per dorang.

In addition to collecting trash within the dorang and planting aquatic plants to restore water quality and aquatic ecosystems, the project supports village environment improvements such as installing separate waste bins and agricultural waste collection sites, educating villagers on practical environmental actions, operating resident councils to raise environmental awareness, and managing pollution sources within the village watershed through point and non-point pollution source control.

Starting next year, to ensure the sustainability of the project effects, funding will be provided not only for new dorangs but also for dorangs where the project was completed over five years ago.

'Clean Village Embracing Dorang' is evolving to comprehensively improve not only the dorang but also pollution sources outside the dorang, fostering villagers' environmental awareness so that clean villages can be maintained and managed even after the project period.

So far, through project implementation, Galji Village located in Geochang improved water quality using charcoal (BOD standard, from Grade III to Grade II) and restored crayfish, an indicator species of first-class water, creating a clean village visited by about 3,000 people annually.

Sirae Village in Gimhae improved water quality using EM fermented liquid (BOD standard, from Grade II to Grade Ib) and secured maintenance water by dredging a reservoir with support from WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) to ensure water flows in the dorang year-round.

Villages within the Nakdong River basin wishing to participate in the 'Clean Village Embracing Dorang' project can apply through the environmental department of their respective local government by the 31st.

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