2020 Local District 'Sewerage Management Status' Evaluation Results: Gwanak-gu 'Best Excellence'

Evaluation Conducted in 4 Areas Including Budget, Maintenance, and Construction with 19 Items
‘Jungnang, Yongsan, and Gwangjin Districts’ Selected as Outstanding Districts

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 18th that based on the 2020 performance by autonomous districts, it conducted an inspection and evaluation of public sewer management across 19 items in 4 categories, selecting Gwanak-gu as the top district, with Jungnang-gu, Yongsan-gu, and Gwangjin-gu recognized as excellent districts.

Since 2013, Seoul has been conducting annual inspections and comprehensive evaluations of sewer management by autonomous districts, which are the public sewer management authorities, to improve sewer quality. Through this, it has encouraged the development of sewer management capabilities in all 25 autonomous districts while emphasizing its importance.

This evaluation was conducted on 19 detailed items across four categories: ▲Budget (7), ▲Maintenance (4), ▲Construction (5), and ▲Policy Cooperation (3). Districts with outstanding performance in sewer project budget management and maintenance ranked higher.

In particular, considering the difficult domestic and international economic conditions due to COVID-19 last year, districts that excelled in early budget execution and other budget-related areas ranked higher. In the construction category, districts where sewer construction site safety accidents occurred tended to rank lower.

Seoul plans to provide institutional commendations and operational subsidies to the top 10 autonomous districts and one district that made efforts to restore flood damage.

Choi Jin-seok, Director of the Water Circulation Safety Bureau of Seoul, stated, “The sewer management evaluation aims to strengthen the sewer management capabilities of autonomous districts to prevent road subsidence and flood damage by improving the quality of major underground facilities such as sewers.” He added, “Through regular evaluations, we will enhance the sewer management capabilities of autonomous districts and actively expand budget and technical support to create a ‘Safe City Seoul.’”

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