Gwanak-gu Byeolbitnaerimcheon Transformed into a Pleasant Walking Path for Residents

Installation of Odor Control Gates at 10 Sewage Sites in Byeolbitnaericheon to Block Odor and Improve Urban Aesthetics... Confluence Sewage Boxes Use Effective Microorganisms (EM) to Improve Odor and Water Quality

Before installation of sewage odor blocking gate (left), after installation planned (right)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (District Mayor Park Jun-hee) is taking decisive action to improve the malodor environment in order to provide residents with a pleasant walking trail and create a Starlight Naerin Stream where people want to walk.

Throughout Starlight Naerin Stream, there are sewage boxes and stormwater discharge outlets that have caused discomfort to residents walking due to the odors emanating from these locations.

Accordingly, the district plans to install sewage odor blocking gates at 10 locations including Sillim Pump Station, Bongnim Bridge, Sillim 2 Bridge to Chungmu Bridge, and Sillim 3 Bridge to block odors coming onto the walking trail and improve the urban landscape so that residents can use the area without inconvenience.

In addition, useful microorganisms (EM) will be used to block odors at the sewage boxes where Starlight Naerin Stream and Bongcheon Stream converge.

Useful microorganisms not only help reduce odors but also improve water quality. Odor improvement using these microorganisms has already shown significant effects in other cities and provinces, so it is expected to have a positive impact on Starlight Naerin Stream as well.

After a pilot operation from May to September, the district plans to evaluate the odor improvement effects and install and operate the main equipment starting next year.

Once the main equipment is installed, useful microorganisms will also be supplied free of charge to residents, helping to remove and discharge odors from each household, which is expected to greatly contribute to environmental improvement.

The district is establishing the identity of Dorim Stream in Gwanak-gu and differentiating its competitiveness from other districts by branding the Gwanak-gu section of Dorim Stream as “Starlight Naerin Stream” and carrying out the “Starlight Space Creation Project.”

Sequential improvements will be made to roadside facilities for resident convenience and walking trail creation along Starlight Naerin Stream, as well as the creation of Starlight Gates to ensure safe entry and exit traffic. By December 2022, the stream will be restored from the main gate of Seoul National University to Dongbang 1 Bridge, and once the “Starlight Naerin Stream Special Project” is completed, the ecological axis of the stream connecting Gwanaksan Mountain to the Han River will be established as a representative river ecological corridor in the southwest region.

District Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “With this odor environment improvement of Starlight Naerin Stream, we will provide residents with a pleasant walking environment and a new resting space,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to complete the Starlight Naerin Stream special project without delay so that Gwanak-gu can be reborn as a tourist attraction that people want to visit again.”

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