Mokpo City Selected for Highest Grade in Water Supply Management Evaluation

Highest Scores in Sustainable Management and Social Value

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] On the 16th, Mokpo City in Jeonnam announced that it was honored to be selected as the highest grade ‘Ga’ in the ‘2021 Local Public Enterprise Management Evaluation of Waterworks’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

With this, the city achieved the result of being selected for the highest grade, one step up from the ‘Na’ grade in the 2019 management evaluation.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety evaluates 272 metropolitan and basic local government public enterprises nationwide every two years in three areas: ▲sustainable management ▲management performance ▲social value, using about 20 detailed indicators, and announces grades from ‘Ga’ to ‘Ma’.

This year’s evaluation, based on the 2020 management performance of 122 directly operated waterworks institutions, was conducted by an evaluation team composed of university professors, researchers, and certified public accountants, who carried out document reviews and on-site evaluations for each institution before finalizing the grades.

The city was highly evaluated for its efforts to improve management balance through increasing water service rate, reducing operating costs, organizational innovation, and disposal of unused assets despite poor waterworks financial conditions, as well as for its all-out efforts in all areas such as discovering new policies, upgrading aging facilities, and providing free water quality tests to supply safe and clean water.

In particular, it received the highest scores in sustainable management and social value fields, recognizing the achievements of its efforts in management innovation strategies, organizational system improvement, social communication, and disaster safety management.

Kim Jongsik, Mayor of Mokpo City, said, “Despite the difficult situation due to COVID-19, the efforts of all employees to improve management bore fruit, enabling us to be selected for the highest grade,” and added, “We will continue to strive to supply clean tap water that citizens can trust and drink with peace of mind.”

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