Busan City Promotes Water Industry Development to Solve Water Issues!

Smooth Progress of Water Issue Resolution Projects Including Diversification of Water Sources and Advancement of Water Purification Facilities

Water Purification Facilities, Water Industry Cluster Development, Gijang Seawater Desalination Facility,

"To solve Busan's water issues, we will announce a water industry development plan and actively promote the water industry going forward."

Busan City Hall.

Busan City will actively foster the water industry related to water treatment facilities to smoothly carry out water issue resolution projects such as diversifying water sources and advancing water treatment facilities.

This is because, during the process of diversifying water sources, different water treatment facilities must be introduced depending on the water quality of each source, making it necessary to proactively nurture the related water industry for smooth project implementation.

In addition, a "Water Industry Cluster" composed of water industry research facilities, water and sewage treatment research facilities, and water technology certification centers will be established by utilizing the closed Gangseo Industrial Water Treatment Plant.

In particular, plans are being considered to partially utilize (one of the two lines) the Gijang Seawater Desalination Facility, which has not been properly operated since its completion in 2014, as various research and development (R&D) facilities such as hydrogen production, mineralization research, and core component technology research.

Furthermore, when fully reconstructing aging sewage treatment facilities such as those in Suyeong, Gangbyeon, and Nambu, the latest technologies and energy self-sufficiency technologies will be actively introduced to foster the related water industry.

To promote the water industry, the city plans not only to directly select and purchase excellent products and facilities but also to indirectly support research for water and sewage treatment facility companies, provide land, and implement various policies such as fee reductions.

As part of fostering the water industry, the city will hold a dedicated team meeting for water industry promotion (Chairman: Lee Seong-gwon, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs) at 4 p.m. on the 24th in the 24th-floor conference room of City Hall.

About ten people, including Chairman Lee Seong-gwon, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs, the Director of Environmental Water Policy Office, the Head of the Waterworks Business Headquarters, related experts, and businesspeople, will attend the meeting to discuss various measures to promote the water industry.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, "Fostering the water industry is essential not only to smoothly resolve pressing issues such as Busan's water problems but also to contribute to local job creation," adding, "The city will continue to do its best to ensure the smooth promotion of Busan's water industry."

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