Hamyang-gun Builds Smart Infrastructure to Supply Safe and Clean Tap Water
Preventive Measures and Rapid Response for Tap Water Supply Incidents
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 13th that it will establish a smart pipeline management infrastructure incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) from next year to supply safe and clean tap water to its residents.
The smart pipeline management infrastructure construction project, with a total budget of 3.1 billion KRW (70% national funds, 30% county funds), is a project to build an integrated operation system that introduces advanced technology to monitor water quality and quantity in real time and automatically control from the water purification plant to consumers.
The main projects include 10 initiatives such as real-time pressure gauges, a smart pipeline facility information recognition system that can accurately locate pipelines above ground, water quality measuring devices, smart metering as an intelligent meter, automatic drain equipment as an automatic pollutant discharge device, re-chlorination facilities, precision filtration devices, pipeline cleaning operations, small flow meters to prevent recurrence of various water quality accidents, and Water Coordinator·Doctor services where professional water quality inspectors visit homes.
The county expects that by establishing an integrated operation system incorporating ICT technology in the tap water supply process, it will be able to prevent accidents in advance and respond quickly, thereby supplying clean and safe tap water to its residents.
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Jo Young-hyun, head of the Water and Sewage Business Office, said, “Once this project is completed, we expect to establish a scientifically managed water quantity and quality system and provide information to consumers, creating a water management system that people can trust and drink with confidence.”
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