Gurye-gun Transforms Sandong Water Purification Plant into the Safest and Cleanest Facility

Secured 700 Million KRW in National Funds, Installed Facilities to Block Larvae Inflow

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] Jeollanam-do Gurye-gun (Governor Kim Sun-ho) announced on the 10th that it will promote the ‘Sandong Water Purification Plant Hygiene Management Improvement Project’ to fundamentally prevent water supply accidents like the discovery of larvae in Incheon tap water last July and to provide clean tap water that residents can drink with confidence.

Gurye-gun, excluding the Gurye and Masan water purification plants which will be integrated through the old water purification plant maintenance project, has invested a total project cost of 1.4 billion KRW (700 million KRW from the national government and 700 million KRW from the county) in the remaining Sandong Water Purification Plant to proactively respond to larvae accidents. The hygiene management improvement project was launched last month and is planned to be completed by the end of this year.

The main facility improvements include the installation of two buildings for sedimentation and filtration at the Sandong Water Purification Plant and lining work inside two water tanks to preemptively block larvae inflow into the surrounding facilities of the purification plant, which is expected to enable the supply of cleaner and safer tap water in the future.

Governor Kim Sun-ho stated, “By promoting the Sandong Water Purification Plant Hygiene Management Improvement Project, we expect a stable supply effect of tap water closely related to the lives and health of residents,” and added, “We will continue to do our best in tap water management to prevent water supply accidents through continuous monitoring of hygiene management at the purification plant so that residents can drink tap water with peace of mind.”

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok kun5783@asiae.co.kr

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