Daejeon City Implements 'Comprehensive Measures' to Prepare for Daecheongho Drought

The Daejeon Metropolitan Waterworks Headquarters announced on the 20th that it will establish and implement a comprehensive plan to secure the Daecheongho water source in preparation for this year's drought.

The comprehensive plan aims to ensure that even if the water level of Daecheongho, the drinking water source, drops due to drought making water intake difficult, citizens will not experience inconveniences such as water supply interruptions.

The Waterworks Headquarters will first set up an emergency response situation room led by the Waterworks Headquarters Director to carry out a city-wide water-saving campaign (Phase 1) and inspect civil defense emergency water supply facilities and spring emergency water supply facilities (Phase 2).

Additionally, they plan to minimize citizen inconvenience caused by drinking water shortages through phased responses such as checking water supply status in high-altitude areas and securing emergency water tank vehicles (Phase 3), and operating emergency pumping stations (Phase 4).

The drought response water intake measures involve adjusting the water production volume of each water purification plant with different intake sources in phases to respond to the low water level of Daecheongho, as well as dredging the inflow channel of the Chudong intake tower and installing pumping stations.

Furthermore, by utilizing mobile emergency generators owned by the Geumgang River Basin Environmental Office and establishing a public-private cooperation system including emergency restoration companies, they aim to actively respond to the drought and reduce citizen damage.

Choi Jin-seok, Director of the Daejeon Metropolitan Waterworks Headquarters, stated, “We will do our best to ensure that water supply is not interrupted even in drought situations through the comprehensive water source securing plan.”

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