Yun Byeong-tae, Mayor of Naju, Visits Damaged Water Pipeline Site... Full Effort on Water Supply

Published 21 Jun.2023 15:15(KST)

On the 21st, Naju City in Jeollanam-do responded swiftly to a water outage caused by damage to a water main near the Samyeong District stormwater detention facility construction site.

According to the city, Mayor Yoon Byung-tae visited the site of the damaged water main and urged all efforts to restore the supply and minimize inconvenience to residents.

At around 10:30 a.m. that day, it was confirmed that leakage occurred at the connection of the water main (D600×300mm) due to separation at the joint caused by subsidence of the water main buried in soft ground at the Samyeong 1 District stormwater detention facility construction site, a disaster prevention project.

On the 21st, Yoon Byung-tae, Mayor of Naju City, visited the site near the Samyeong District stormwater detention facility construction where a water main was damaged.
[Photo by Naju City]

As a result, water supply was cut off to a total of 9,517 households in Wanggok, Bonghwang, Seji-myeon, and Yeongsanpo areas, as well as 10 elementary, middle, and high schools, innovation and general industrial complexes, and commercial areas.

Mayor Yoon immediately visited the accident site to inspect the emergency restoration efforts.

Mayor Yoon said, “Please prioritize minimizing inconvenience to residents and devote all efforts to quickly repairing the leak. Until restoration is complete, we will send emergency disaster messages and promptly supply water to large consumers such as industrial complexes and schools, as well as households without water, to ensure residents experience no inconvenience.”

The city began emergency restoration work with the Korea Water Resources Corporation Naju Water Branch. Restoration is expected to be completed by around 6 p.m. that day, after which water supply will be gradually resumed.

Twenty 15-ton emergency water trucks will be deployed to large consumers such as industrial complexes and schools. For households without water, 15,900 bottles of 1.8-liter bottled water will be supplied promptly.