Yangju City, Population 300,000 Mid-Sized City Growth, Full Effort to Expand Sewer Infrastructure

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 27th that it is making every effort to expand sewer infrastructure (public sewage treatment facilities, separate sewage and stormwater sewer pipeline maintenance projects) to improve residential environments and water quality due to rapid population growth in areas such as Hoecheon and Okjeong New Town, as the population approaches 300,000.

A view of Yangju City Hall. Provided by Yangju City.

Currently, the sewer infrastructure in Yangju includes 11 public sewage treatment facilities in locations such as Okjeong, Nambang, and Sincheon, processing an average daily capacity of 115,772 tons, and operates 1,012 km of sewer pipelines within 12 sewage treatment zones.

Yangju City is promoting new construction and expansion projects for sewage treatment facilities with a total project cost of 183 billion KRW to actively handle the increasing sewage treatment volume due to population growth. The main projects include ▲Okjeong expansion 30,000 tons/day ▲Gwangjeok new construction 20,000 tons/day ▲Nambang expansion 5,300 tons/day ▲Songchu expansion 2,000 tons/day, and upon completion, the facility capacity will operate at 173,836 tons/day (an increase of 57,300 tons/day).

Along with this, a total project cost of 106.4 billion KRW is being invested in expanding facilities in vulnerable areas and maintaining separate sewage and stormwater sewer pipelines, adding a total length of 69.66 km inside and outside the sewage treatment zones to secure stable sewer infrastructure.

In 2025, Yangju City will invest 10.6 billion KRW (9.7 billion KRW national funds, 900 million KRW provincial funds) in eight projects, including the new Gureungcheon watershed collector sewer maintenance project, which is a national sewer subsidy project by the Ministry of Environment. Additionally, through the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s special situation regional development project competition, it secured 3 billion KRW in national funds for five projects, including the Odeun-dong sewer pipeline maintenance project.

In particular, for the special situation regional development project competition, national funds of 7.6 billion KRW were secured for six projects, including the Ugori sewer pipeline maintenance project, to install sewer infrastructure in underdeveloped areas outside the sewage treatment zones (which are not eligible for Ministry of Environment national subsidies) and improve citizens’ living environments, fulfilling campaign promises of the 8th local government administration. This supports the continuous promotion of separate sewage and stormwater sewer pipeline maintenance projects.

Furthermore, by applying for the special situation regional development project competition, 80% of the total project cost has been secured as national funds, overcoming financial difficulties.

Mayor Kang Su-hyun of Yangju said, “Despite difficult financial conditions, we will actively pursue securing national and provincial funds through continuous consultations with higher authorities and ensure timely project implementation to expand sewer infrastructure suitable for a mid-sized city of 300,000 people.”

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