‘Best Practice of Inter-Local Government Collaboration’ Gimhae City Consults with Changwon City to Resolve Sewage Treatment Issue in Seocheon Village

Location of the sewage pipeline between Seocheon Village in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam and Oedangdae Village in Changwon-si.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City in Gyeongnam announced on the 8th that it will resolve the long-standing sewage treatment inconvenience of three households in Sasan-ri, Jinyeong-eup, Seocheon Village, in collaboration with Changwon City.

Seocheon Village faces Oedanggae Village in Dong-eup, Changwon City, across an 8-meter-wide road, and since the distance between the sewage pipelines and the village is as far as 2 km, residents have had to use individual septic tanks, causing inconvenience.

To resolve this, the city took note that Changwon City's sewage pipeline is buried in the road in front of Seocheon Village and began consultations with Changwon City in April. Issues such as facility maintenance will be resolved on a magnanimous basis, and by mid-this month, a budget of 20 million won will be used to start connecting sewage pipelines for each household.

This construction is scheduled to be completed in July, and compared to Gimhae City's sewage pipeline connection project, it will save a budget of 400 million won.

Jang Bo-seung, head of the Sewage Division, said, "Although it is somewhat late, we are glad that the inconvenience of marginalized residents can be resolved, and it has become a model case of win-win cooperation between local governments while saving the budget. We will continue to actively work to resolve residents' inconveniences."

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