Evaluation of Autonomous District Sewer Management: 'Jungnang-gu' Selected as Best District

Evaluation Results of Sewerage Management in 25 Autonomous Districts Released
Assessment Conducted on 19 Items Across 4 Areas: Budget, Maintenance, Construction, and Policy Cooperation
Gwanak and Dongjak Selected as Excellent Districts, 12 Districts Including Dobong Awarded Encouragement Prizes

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul City announced on the 16th that based on last year's sewer maintenance project performance by autonomous districts, it conducted an inspection and evaluation of public sewer management status in 19 items across 4 categories, selecting Jungnang-gu as the best district, and Gwanak-gu and Dongjak-gu as excellent districts.

The "Sewer Management Status Evaluation" has been conducted annually since 2013 to improve the quality of sewers managed by autonomous districts, which are public sewer management authorities. Through this, it encourages the development of sewer management capabilities in all 25 autonomous districts while continuously emphasizing its importance.

This evaluation was conducted on 19 detailed items across 4 categories: ▲Budget (7 items) ▲Maintenance (4 items) ▲Construction (5 items) ▲Policy Cooperation (3 items). Districts with excellent performance in sewer project budget management, maintenance, and construction ranked high. Based on the comprehensive score results, one district with the highest score was selected as the best district, two districts scoring 75 or above as excellent districts, and twelve districts scoring 70 or above as encouragement districts. Especially last year, considering the difficult domestic and international economic conditions due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, districts with excellent performance in the budget category, such as early budget execution, ranked high, while districts with relatively poor maintenance performance, such as sewer pipe construction and dredging, remained in the lower ranks.

Meanwhile, in the construction category, there were no safety accidents at sewer-related construction sites. Seoul City plans to provide institutional commendations and local government operating subsidies to the top 15 autonomous districts.

Han Yoo-seok, Director of the Water Circulation Safety Bureau of Seoul City, said, "The sewer management status evaluation aims to strengthen the sewer management capabilities of autonomous districts to prevent road subsidence and flood damage by improving the quality of sewers, which are major underground facilities." He added, "Through regular evaluations, we will enhance the sewer management capabilities of autonomous districts and actively expand budget and technical support to create a 'Safe City Seoul.'"

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