Chungnam's Increase Rate in Water Supply and Sewerage Coverage is Twice the National Provincial Average Annual Rate

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The increase rate of water supply and sewage coverage in the Chungnam region is expected to reach twice the national average annual rate for provincial-level areas.

According to Chungnam Province on the 18th, by the end of this year, the regional water supply and sewage coverage rates are expected to achieve the targets of 98.5% for water supply and 83.2% for sewage.

If this year's targets are met, the water supply coverage rate will increase by 0.9 percentage points (an average of 0.45% per year) compared to 97.6% at the end of 2019, and the sewage coverage rate will increase by 2.4 percentage points (an average of 1.2% per year) compared to 80.8%. The province emphasizes that these figures are twice as high as the national average annual increases for provincial-level areas from 2015 to 2019, which were 0.22% for water supply and 0.65% for sewage.

Earlier, the province and city/counties invested 101.3 billion KRW in three areas in the water supply sector this year, including rural living water development and installation of water supply pipelines, expanding infrastructure. They also invested 76.3 billion KRW in seven areas such as establishing a smart pipeline management system, renovating aging water purification plants, and modernizing local water supply projects.

In the sewage sector, 242.1 billion KRW was invested in ten areas including sewage pipeline maintenance and public sewage treatment facilities, aiming to preserve the quality of public water bodies through proper sewage treatment and improve residents' health, focusing on raising the water supply and sewage coverage rates.

A provincial official stated, “We will do our best to achieve the targets by the end of the year to provide safe and clean water to the residents.”

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