Daegu City Secures 46.3 Billion KRW in National Funding for 'Smart Sewer System'... Part of Korea New Deal Project

Daegu City Hall building.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Daegu City announced on the 9th that it has been finally selected for the Ministry of Environment's "Smart Sewer Management System Establishment Leading Project," part of the Korean New Deal project, securing a total of 46.3 billion KRW in national funding.

The Ministry of Environment, which held the contest in September last year, after on-site investigations in November and appropriateness evaluations by KDI and the Korea Environment Corporation, finally selected Daegu City's application for the smart sewage treatment plant, smart sewer pipelines (urban flooding response, sewage odor management), and sewer asset management projects.

Daegu City applied for all fields of the leading projects announced by the Ministry of Environment as part of the government-wide Korean New Deal project and actively responded, resulting in all applied fields being finally selected, securing 46.3 billion KRW in national funding out of the total project cost of 67.4 billion KRW.

First, for the smart sewage treatment plant project, 4.5 billion KRW (50% national funding) will be invested in the Ansim Sewage Treatment Plant to establish an ICT-based measurement and monitoring system and a digital-based decision-making system throughout the sewage treatment process.

Additionally, for the smart sewer pipeline project, 60.8 billion KRW (70% national funding) will be invested to prevent urban flooding damage caused by sewage overflow during rainfall by establishing a real-time quantity monitoring system using ICT measurement equipment and a simulation of rainfall runoff, creating an integrated operation system linked with sewer facilities.

To reduce sewage odor, which causes inconvenience to citizens' lives, real-time monitoring of sewer pipeline odors using ICT measurement equipment and automatic operation of odor reduction devices will greatly improve the living environment of citizens.

Along with this, the sewer asset management project will invest 2.1 billion KRW (70% national funding) in the Hyeonpung Sewage Treatment Plant to establish a sewer facility asset management system.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin stated, "It is expected that residents' lives will be greatly improved by establishing a proactive response system in areas at risk of urban flooding and an odor reduction management system to respond to rapidly changing rainfall patterns."

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