Gangjin-gun Achieves Success in Selection for Yeongsangang River Basin Environmental Office Public Project Competition

Selected for the 2021 Special Resident Support Project: Omcheon-myeon Hwangmak-ri Wide-Area Water Supply Installation Project

Exterior view of Gangjin County Office (Photo by Gangjin County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] Gangjin-gun, Jeonnam announced on the 27th that it has been selected for the 2021 Special Resident Support Public Contest Project promoted by the Yeongsangang River Basin Environmental Office and secured 730 million won from the Yeongsangang·Seomjingang River Basin Committee fund.

The Special Resident Support Project is a support program for local residents in water source protection zones and waterfront zones, which are subject to development restrictions. It aims to improve the living environment of local residents through financial support for income and welfare enhancement and to encourage cooperation and participation in the government's water quality preservation policy.

The Yeongsangang River Basin Environmental Office announced the contest plan in August to select next year's project sites and received applications in September. Among the applications from 8 river basin local governments and 16 local governments in the Yeongsangang·Seomjingang river basin, five projects were finally selected through written evaluation, on-site evaluation, and presentation evaluation by the river basin committee evaluation team. Gangjin-gun applied for the Omcheon-myeon Hwangmak-ri wide-area water supply installation project and was selected.

Meanwhile, Hwangmak-ri, Omcheon-myeon, selected as next year's project site, consists of two villages (Hwashin, Hwanggok) using small-scale water facilities and Dongmak village, which is a non-water supply area. Although it was a region planned to receive water supply by 2030 according to Gangjin-gun's basic water supply maintenance plan, the Special Resident Support Project has advanced the water supply schedule by about 10 years, enabling improvement of the local residents' living environment and stable water supply.

County Governor Lee Seung-ok said, “We expect the quality of life of residents in the water source protection zone to improve through the Special Resident Support Project,” and added, “We will ensure the smooth progress of the project to provide stable water supply and improve residents' living conditions.”

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