Yongin City Provides Subsidies for 'Jeonghwajo' Facility Improvement and Consignment Management

Special Water Quality Conservation Area Target
Up to 8 Million KRW, 80% Cost Support

Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, is recruiting applicants who wish to participate in the joint management support project for small-scale private sewage treatment facilities to improve water quality in the special water quality conservation area until the 29th.

Private sewage treatment facilities, called 'Jeonghwajo' (septic tanks), are facilities that purify and discharge sewage and domestic wastewater generated from detached houses or facilities. Buildings that generate domestic wastewater are required to install private sewage treatment facilities according to the 'Sewage Act,' and owners must use the facilities in compliance with management standards.

The city explained that it decided to provide subsidies so that professional companies can manage the facilities to solve water pollution problems caused by many small-scale private sewage treatment facilities being operated directly by owners without expertise.

The support targets are wastewater treatment facilities with a daily processing capacity of less than 50㎥ located in five neighborhoods of Cheoin-gu and Mohyeon-eup, Yangji-myeon, and Pogok-eup, designated as the special water quality conservation area of the Paldangho water source. If selected, up to 80% of the costs will be supported within a limit of 8 million KRW.

The project is divided into 'Facility Improvement Project' and 'Consignment Management Project.' If selected for the Facility Improvement Project, the cost of replacing old or broken consumables will be supported. If selected for the Consignment Management Project, a professional management company will visit at least four times a month for eight months to inspect the entire facility.

Applicants who wish to participate can download the subsidy application form from the Yongin City website and submit it in person or by mail to the Sewage Facilities Division of the Sewage Business Office.

A city official said, "We have prepared a subsidy support project to help citizens who feel burdened by managing private sewage treatment facilities and to protect the water source," adding, "We will continue to prepare various support measures to alleviate the inconvenience of residents in major water source areas."

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