Gurye-gun Promotes Smart Water Network Management Infrastructure Project

Published 16 Feb.2022 12:47(KST)

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] On the 16th, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will invest a total project cost of 3.1 billion KRW (70% national funds, 30% county funds) by the end of this year to promote a smart water network management infrastructure project incorporating information and communication technology (ICT).

The smart water network management infrastructure project aims to improve the issues in water supply facility management revealed by the 2019 Incheon water contamination incident and to enhance the reliability of degraded tap water.

Gurye-gun was selected as a new project site last year and completed the detailed design, and will begin full-scale construction this year.

The main project contents include installing multi-parameter water quality meters and precision filtration devices for water quality measurement and monitoring in case of water quality deterioration.

It will establish a pipe cleaning infrastructure that can prevent accidents where fine foreign substances accumulated inside the pipeline or detached internal coatings due to aging are discharged from faucets, and enable rapid response even after accidents occur.

An automatic (remote) drain will be installed to detect water quality changes within the network and discharge pollutants externally in case of abnormal water quality occurrence.

A smart pipeline information recognition system will be prepared to identify the location of underground buried pipelines without drawings.

The water supply zones will be divided more finely and precisely than existing zones, and small-scale flow and pressure monitoring facilities will be installed to monitor flow, prevent leakage accidents in advance, and predict pollutant behavior to prevent secondary accidents in case of water quality incidents.

The county will establish a local water supply smart management system that allows real-time monitoring of all tap water conditions in the area from the control room, and enables systematic collection and analysis of data such as water quality, water pressure, and network status through meters.

Kim Sun-ho, the governor of Gurye-gun, said, “Through the smart water network management infrastructure project, the latest technology will be applied to tap water management, providing high-quality tap water supply services to residents,” and added, “We will continue to actively strive for stable tap water supply.”