Geochang-gun Starts Agricultural Water Innovation... Completion and Water Flow Ceremony of Handeul Pumping Station Held

Reuse of Treated Wastewater from Sewage Treatment Plant

Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, held a completion and water release ceremony for the Handeul Pumping Station at the Handeul district site in Geochang-eup, attended by County Governor Gu In-mo, village chiefs of Geochang-eup, cultivators of the Handeul district, construction officials, and about 50 others.

The water release ceremony held on the 20th proceeded in the order of opening ceremony, progress report, commemorative speech, greetings, operation of the pumping station pump and commemorative photo session, and site inspection of the project.

The installation of the Handeul Pumping Station is a project initiated to resolve the long-standing wish of cultivators in the Handeul district, who suffered from the severe drought last year, the worst in 30 years.

Geochang-gun, Group Photo of Handeul Pumping Station Completion and Water Release Ceremony.

The Handeul district is a representative large-scale paddy field cultivation area in Geochang-eup with a cultivated area of 215 hectares, but due to its downstream location, it has faced difficulties in supplying agricultural water every year.

Accordingly, the county started the project in earnest from January this year after holding a meeting in July last year with village residents, cultivators, and the Korea Rural Community Corporation to ensure stable agricultural water supply for the drought-stricken Handeul district, and completing the detailed design in December.

The project budget was set at 2.2 billion KRW in the 2023 main budget and was carried out from January to August this year. To secure stable agricultural water, two 60-horsepower submersible motors were installed, and a 2.8 km water transmission pipeline was connected to four outlets, including next to Arim High School, creating a pumping station with a capacity of 4 tons per minute and 57 million tons per day.

In particular, the Handeul Pumping Station installed a collection pipe downstream of the Geochang sewage treatment plant discharge outlet, enabling a continuous water supply and reuse, which is evaluated as an environmentally friendly and sustainable agricultural water supply facility.

Governor Gu said, “With the successful completion of the Handeul Pumping Station installation project, significant changes will begin in the farming lives of residents who have suffered from drought,” adding, “We will do our best to ensure there are no inconveniences in the use of agricultural facilities in the future.”

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