Seoul City to Manage Contaminated Soil from Waterworks Construction Sites with 'Smart Songjang System'

Full System Implementation at Over 100 Seoul Metropolitan Waterworks Construction Sites Starting This Year
Preventing Environmental Pollution Caused by Unauthorized Removal and Illegal Dumping

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 10th that it will fully implement a GPS location information system-based ‘Smart Delivery Note System’ to prevent environmental pollution caused by unauthorized removal or illegal dumping of soil generated at waterworks construction sites.

The ‘Smart Delivery Note System’ is a transportation management system that automatically records and aggregates vehicle numbers, loading and unloading locations, routes, travel times, and total distances of soil transport vehicles, allowing managers to check in real time. Users at construction sites (vehicle drivers) can install the ‘Smart Delivery Note’ app on their smartphones, enabling Seoul to monitor and manage the process.

The annual scale of waterworks construction in Seoul was 114 cases last year and 108 cases this year. Through the ‘Smart Delivery Note System,’ the city aims to transparently manage and monitor the soil disposal process in real time to prevent environmental pollution caused by unauthorized removal and illegal dumping of soil.

Soil generated from construction sites conducted by public institutions must be disposed of at designated soil disposal sites or metropolitan landfills, but disposal companies have illegally removed or dumped soil to reduce costs, raising social issues. Nevertheless, it has been difficult to track where and how the soil was removed.

Seoul introduced the ‘Smart Delivery Note System’ at waterworks construction sites on a trial basis throughout last year. After listening to the opinions of the Waterworks Office officials and the Seoul Facilities Corporation, which supervises construction, the city reviewed the effectiveness of the system and proceeded to full implementation.

Baek Ho, head of the Seo Waterworks Business Headquarters, said, “We intend to secure transparency in the soil disposal process by fully implementing the Smart Delivery Note System using IT technology at waterworks construction sites. It will play a key role in preventing unauthorized illegal dumping and arbitrary removal at small-scale construction sites, thereby preventing environmental pollution and ultimately creating a smart waterworks construction site.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.